Background
Burnet, Frank MacFarlane was born on September 3, 1899 in Traralgon, Australia. Son of Frank and Hadassah (Mackay) Burnet.
Burnet, Frank MacFarlane was born on September 3, 1899 in Traralgon, Australia. Son of Frank and Hadassah (Mackay) Burnet.
Educated, Geelong College. Doctor of Medicine, Melbourne University, 1922. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1928.
Beit Memorial fellow Lister Institute, London, 1926—1927. Assistant director Walter & Eliza Hall Institute Medical Research, 1928—1931, 1934—1944. Director, professor experimental medicine University Melbourne, 1944—1965, professor emeritus, 1966—1985.
Rowden White research fellow School Microbiology, 1966—1967. Chairman Medical Research Advisory Committee, 1962—1969.
predicting acquired immune tolerance, developing the theory of clonal selection.
(In 1957 or thereabouts I became impressed with how immuni...)
(Dominant Mammal - The Biology Of Human Destiny [Macfarlan...)
Author: Virus as Organism, 1945. Author: (with F.J. Fenner) The Production of Antibodies, 1949. Author: Viruses and Man, 1955, The Clonal Selection Theory of Acquired Immunity1, 0959, Principles of Animal Virology, 1960.Author: (with D. O. White) Natural History of Infectious Diseases, 4th edit. 197, 2002. Author: Integrity of the Body, 1962.Author: (with I.R. Mackay) Autoimmune Diseases. Author: Changing Patterns, 1968, Cellular Immunology, 1969, Immunological Surveillance, 1970, Dominant Mammal, 1970, Auto-immunity, 1972, Intrinsic Mutagenesis, 1974, Immunology, 1976, Immunity, Aging & Cancer, 1976, Endurance of Life, 1978. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Married Edith Linda Marston Druce Burnet, July 10, 1928 (deceased 1973). Children: Elizabeth Burnet Dexter, Ian, Deborah Burnet Giddy. Married Hazel Foletta Jenkin Burnet, 1976.
