Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (1899 - 1985)

Articles

• Sherratt, Tim, 'From Beetles to a Nobel Prize: Macfarlane Burnet', Australasian Science, vol. Autumn, 1994. (Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_burnet.htm) [ Details ]

Books

• Burnet, Frank Macfarlane, Changing Patterns an Atypical Autobiography, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1968, 282 pp. [ Details ]

• Burnet, Macfarlane, Endurance of Life: the Implication of Genetics for Human Life, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1978, 230 pp. [ Details ]

• Burnet, Macfarlane, Sir, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1971, 193 pp. [ Details ]

• McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Sherratt, Tim, A Guide to the Records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, 156 pp. (Also available at http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/burn.htm) [ Details ]

• Sexton, Christopher, The Seeds of Time: the Life of Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992, 301 pp. [ Details ]

Book Chapters

• Beale, R, 'Frank Macfarlane Burnet', in Australia's Nobel Laureates - Adventures in Innovation, ABIE Australian Business and Investment Explorer, Sydney, 2004, pp. 44-53. [ Details ]

• Burnet, Frank Macfarlane, 'Charles Halliley Kellaway (1889-1952), Medical Scientist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dental Journal, vol. 9, Clarendon Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 546-547. [ Details ]

• Burnet, Frank Macfarlane, 'The Clonal Selection Theory af Acquired Immunity', in Debra Jan Bibel (ed.), Milestones in Immunology: A Historical Exploration, Science Tech, London, 1988, pp. 185-187. [ Details ]

• Burnet, Frank Macfarlane; Fenner, Frank, 'The Production of Antibodies', in Debra Jan Bibel (ed.), Milestones in Immunology: A Historical Exploration, Science Tech, London, 1988, pp. 181-184. [ Details ]

• Mazumdar, Pauline M. H., 'Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. [ Details ]

Journal Articles

• Burnet, Frank Macfarlane, 'David Orme Masson', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 25, 1958, pp. 530-532. [ Details ]

• Crust, Eileen; Tauber, Alfred A., 'Selfhood, Immunity, and the Biological Imagination: TheThought of Frank Macfarlane Burnet', Biology & Philosophy, vol. 15, no. 4, 2000, pp. 509-533. [ Details ]

• Fenner, F., 'Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 39-77. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710039.htm) [ Details ]

• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Frank Macfarlane Burnet', Uni News, vol. 12, no. 15, 2003, p. 4. [ Details ]

• Mackay, I. R., 'The 'Burnet Era' of Immunology: Origins and Influence', Immunology and Cell Biology, vol. 69, no. 5, 1991, pp. 301-305. [ Details ]

• Mackay, I. R., 'Burnet Oration: Auto-immunity, Paradigms of Burnet and Complexities of Today', Immunology and Cell Biology, vol. 70, 1992, pp. 159-171. [ Details ]

• Marchalonis, John J., 'Burnet and Nossal: the Impact of Immunology on the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute', Quaterly Review of Biology, vol. 69, 1994, pp. 53-67. [ Details ]

• Nossal, G. J. V., 'Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet (1899-1985)', Nature, vol. 317, 1985, p. 108. [ Details ]

• Nossal, Gustav, 'Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate, 1899-1985', Eureka Street, vol. 9, no. 7, 1999, pp. 22-27. [ Details ]

• Wood, I. J., 'Appreciation of Frank Macfarlane Burnet', Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, vol. 43, 1965, pp. 327-336. [ Details ]

Resource Sections

• McCarthy, Gavan, Career Outline, Resource Section, Guide to the Records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993. (Also available at http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/FMBP001.htm) [ Details ]

• Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 97-107. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710097.htm) [ Details ]

• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne, Department of History, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2003, 168 pp. [ Details ]

• French, E. L. and Stewart, D.F., 'Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 4, 1983, pp. 90-110. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9830540090.htm) [ Details ]

• Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 98-114. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520098.htm) [ Details ]

• Rees, A. L. G., 'Ian William Wark 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 533-548. (Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640533.htm) [ Details ]

• 'Burnet, Frank Macfarlane - Ms 98', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms098.txt. [ Details ]
• 'The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960 'for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance'', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1960/index.html. [ Details ]
• 'Macfarlane Burnet - research on antibodies and the immune system', in The 1997 Australian Science Festival, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/other/asf_scientists.htm#macfarlane. [ Details ]
• McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Tropea, Rachel; Sherratt, Tim, Guide to the Records of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Original online edn, Australian Science Archives Project, Melbourne, 1993, republished 2001 at, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/burn.htm. [ Details ]
• McCarthy, Gavan; Manhal, Oscar; O'Sullivan, Lisa; Tropea, Rachel; Sherratt, Tim, Frank Macfarlane Burnet Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/burn/burn.htm. [ Details ]
• The Nobel Foundation, 'Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Biography', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1960/burnet-bio.html. [ Details ]