| LC control no. | n 50032063 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burnet, F. M. (Frank Macfarlane), Sir, 1899-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Burnet, Frank Macfarlane, Sir, 1899-1985 Burnet, Macfarlane, Sir, 1899-1985 |
| Associated country | Australia England |
| Associated place | Melbourne (Vic.) |
| Birth date | 1899-09-03 |
| Death date | 1985-08-31 |
| Place of birth | Traralgon (Vic.) |
| Place of death | Port Fairy (Vic.) |
| Field of activity | Virology Immunology Cellular recognition Biology Management |
| Affiliation | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Commonwealth Foundation National Institute for Medical Research (Great Britain) Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine University of Melbourne. School of Medicine |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians Life scientists Executives |
| Found in | His The use of the developing egg in virus research ... 1936. Sexton, C. The seeds of time, 1991: t.p. (Sir Macfarlane Burnet) Aus CIP (Burnet, Sir Macfarlane, 1899-1985) NLM files, 4/6/93 (hdg.: Burnet, F. M. (Frank Macfarlane), Sir, 1899-1985; usage: F.M. Burnet, Macfarlane Burnet, F. Macfarlane Burnet, Sir Macfarlane Burnet) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 9 Nov. 2015: individual entry (Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane (1899-1985), virologist and immunologist, was born on 3 September 1899 in Traralgon, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; In 1917 Burnet was admitted to the University of Melbourne; In 1922 he graduated MB; In 1923 he was appointed pathological registrar at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, where he was to spend the rest of his career; In 1925, the year after he had been awarded his MD degree, Burnet left for London and a position as assistant curator at the Lister Institute; In November 1931 Burnet was invited by Sir Henry Dale to spend two years at the National Institute for Medical Research at Hampstead, London; grow virus on the chorioallantoic membrane of the chick embryo, a technique in which he was soon the acknowledged expert; In 1957 Burnet took the astonishing step of ending all of the institute's work in virology, and converting to immunology; Burnet retired from his directorship in 1965; from 1966 to 1969 he served as first chairman of the Commonwealth Foundation; Burnet died of cancer on 31 August 1985, at his son's farm in Port Fairy, Victoria.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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