Frank Fenner
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| Born |
Frank Johannes Fenner 21 December 1914 Ballarat |
| Died | 22 November 2010 (aged 95) Canberra |
| Residence | Canberra |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Frank John Fenner (after 1938) |
| Education | University of Adelaide |
| Occupation | Virology |
| Employer | Australian National University |
| Known for | Eradication of smallpox Control of Australia's rabbit plague |
| Home town | Ballarat, Victoria |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Margaret Bobbie Roberts |
| Parent(s) | Albert Charles Fenner and Peggy Fenner |
Frank John Fenner, AC, CMG, MBE, FRS, FAA (21 December 1914 – 22 November 2010) 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.
The Australian Academy of Science awards annually the prestigious Fenner Medal for distinguished research in biology by a scientist under 40 years of age.
Frank Johannes Fenner was born in Ballarat in 1914, but the family moved to Adelaide, South Australia in November 1916. Frank attended Rose Park Primary School and Thebarton Technical School. He attended the University of Adelaide, where he earned degrees in medicine and surgery in 1938. That year, uneasy about Hitler’s rise, he legally changed his middle name to John. From 1940–1946 he was a Captain and Major in the Australian Army Medical Corps with service in Australia, Palestine, Egypt, New Guinea, and Borneo, as medical officer in field ambulance and casualty clearing station, pathologist to general hospital, and malariologist. For his work in combating malaria in Papua New Guinea he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.
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