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Frank Fenner

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Gender Male
Death13 years ago
Date of birth December 21,1914
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Ballarat
Australia
Date of died November 22,2010
DiedCanberra
Australia
Other nameFrank John Fenner (1938–)
Job Professor
Virologist
Awards Copley Medal
Japan Prize
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
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Human Monkeypox
The orthopoxviruses
The Biology of Animal Viruses
Medical Virology
Biological control of vertebrate pests
Veterinary Virology
Myxomatosis
Nature, nurture and chance
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, scientist and thinker
The John Curtin School of Medical Research: The First Fifty Years, 1948-1998
The Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, 1973-1979: A Personal Assessment of Its History, Objectives and Accomplishments
A Broader Vision: Macfarlane Burnet, Jean MacNamara, Ian Clunies Ross : 2 September to 24 October 1999
The Future Operation of the Australian National Animal Health Laboratory (ANAHL): Draft Report to the Ministerial Committee on ANAHL
Environmental Problems: Approaches to Understanding and Solution at Local, National and International Levels
Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses: Second Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
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Frank Fenner Life story


Frank John Fenner, AC, CMG, MBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology. His two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox, and the control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of Myxoma virus.

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