Fenner, Frank John

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FENNER, Frank John

FENNER, Frank John. Australian, b. 1914. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology, Medicine/Health. Career: Australian National University, Canberra, Professor of Microbiology, 1949-73, Director, John Curtin School of Medical Research, 1967-73, Director, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, 1973-79, Visiting Fellow, 1980-. Publications: (with F.M. Burnet) The Production of Antibodies, 1949; (with F.N. Ratcliffe) Myxomatosis, 1965; The Biology of Animal Viruses, 1968, (with others) 1974; (with D.O. White) Medical Virology, 1970, 4th ed., 1994; Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses, 1976; (with others) Veterinary Virology, 1987, 2nd ed., 1993; (with others) Smallpox and Its Eradication, 1988; (with R. Wittek and K.R. Dumbell) The Orthopoxviruses, 1988; (with Z. Jezek) Human Monkeypox, 1988; (with B. Fantini) Biological Control of Vertebrate Pests: The History of Myxomatosis-An Experiment in Evolution, 1999; (with D.R. Curtis) The John Curtin School of Medical Research-The First Fifty Years: 1948-1998. EDITOR: (with A.L.G. Rees) The Australian Academy of Science: The First Twenty-Five Years, 1980; (with A. Gibbs) Portraits in Virology, 1988; History of Microbiology in Australia, 1990; The Australian Academy of Science: The First Forty Years, 1995. Address: John Curtin School of Medical Research, Box 334, GPO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Online address: [email protected]