Frank Fenner

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Frank John Fenner AC , CMG , MBE , FRS , FAA (born December 21, 1914 in Ballarat , Victoria , † November 22, 2010 ) was an Australian microbiologist and virologist .

Life

Early years

Fenner studied at the University of Adelaide , where he obtained a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1938 . In 1940 he received the Diploma of Tropical Medicine from the University of Sydney .

Between 1940 and 1946 he served as an officer in the Australian Army Medical Corps in Australia , Palestine , Egypt , New Guinea and Borneo . For his work in the fight against malaria in New Guinea, he was awarded the Order of Member of the British Empire (MBE) .

Career in Canberra

From 1949 Fenner worked at the Australian National University in Canberra . From 1949 to 1967 he was professor of microbiology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research and began work on the myxoma virus in 1949 , as a possible biological solution to the rabbit plague in Australia. Before the release, Fenner, Frank Macfarlane Burnet, and Ian Ross Clunies self-injected the viruses to prove they were harmless to humans.

From 1967 to 1973 he was director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research and from 1973 to 1979 director of the Center for Resource and Environmental Studies .

Working at the WHO

In 1969 he became a member of the informal working group on monkeypox and related viruses and various committees on orthopoxviruses at the WHO . From 1978 to 1979 he was chairman of the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication . Professor Fenner declared the world smallpox-free at the World Health Assembly in 1980.

Awards (selection)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Royal Institution of Australia: Frank Fenner  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 23, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / riaus.org.au  
  2. ↑ Sydney Medical School Home / Online Museum and Archive Home: Fenner, Frank (accessed June 30, 2010).
  3. ↑ Australian War Memorial: MBE Fenner, Frank John (English, accessed on July 2, 2010; PDF; 49 kB)
  4. ↑ Encyclopedia of Australian Science: Fenner, Frank John (English, accessed June 22, 2010)
  5. ^ F. Fenner, DA Henderson, I. Arita, Z. Jezek, ID Ladnyi: Smallpox and its Eradication. ( Online (PDF; 86 kB) at whqlibdoc.who.int, English, accessed on June 23, 2010).
  6. ↑ a b Prime Minister's Prize for Science: Professor Frank Fenner, AC, CMG, MBE, FAA, FRS, FRACP, FRCP at http://science.gov.au/ (English, accessed on May 20, 2016).
  7. ↑ 1988 (4th) JAPAN PRIZE LAUREATES (English, accessed June 23, 2010).
  8. ↑ The Royal Society: Copley recent winners: 1990 - present day  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 23, 2010).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / royalsociety.org  
  9. ↑ Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2000: Prof. Frank Fenner ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 23, 2010). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.consejoculturalmundial.org
personal data
SURNAME Fenner, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fenner, Frank John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian virologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballarat , Victoria (Australia)
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 2010