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Australia’s Nobel prizewinners






 

Lord Howard Walter Florey(1898-1968) -- British pathologist, born in Adelaide, Australia; professor at Oxford University 1935-62. With Ernst B. Chain isolated and purified penicillin for general clinical use (1939). Along with Alexander Fleming and Ernst B. Chain he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945 for the discovery of penicillin.Made life peer (1965).

 

 

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet(1899-1985) -- Contributor to knowledge about viruses. Was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1960 for his theory of immunological tolerance of transplanted tissues. This is the phenomenon in which, under certain conditions, the tissue of one animal can be successfully transplanted to another animal. Burnet received many honors for his work. He was knighted (посвящен в рыцари) in 1951, appointed a Knight of the British Empire in 1969, and made a Knight of the Order of Australia in 1978.  

 

 

Sir John Carew Eccles(1903-97) -- professor at Australian National University 1951-66. Along with British scientists Alan L. Hodgkin and Andrew F. Huxley he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1963 for research on functions of nervous system and the brain work.

 

 

Sir William Lawrence Bragg and Sir William Henry Bragg, 1915. Awarded the prize in physics for their work analysing crystals using X-rays.  

 

Sir John Warcup Cornforth, 1975. Awarded the prize in chemistry for work on the structure of living matter.

 

 

Professor Peter Doherty, 1996. Awarded the prize in medicine for work on immunology.

 

Patrick White, literature, 1973. Awarded the prize in literature for his epic works depicting Australian life.

 






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