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Australian Nobel Prize winners
2005 |
Medicine |
Dr Barry Marshall and Dr J Robin Warren
Awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
Dr Marshall is a graduate of the University of Western Australia.
Dr Warren is a graduate of the University of Adelaide.
1996 |
Medicine |
Dr Peter Charles Doherty
Awarded the Nobel Prize for his research concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence.
Dr Doherty completed his Bachelor and Masters degree at the University of Queensland in medicine and surgery. | |
1975 |
Chemistry |
Sir John Warcup Cornforth
His research provided insights into the way the chemistry of enzymes is influenced by their three-dimensional structure.
He is a graduate of the University of Sydney.
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1973 |
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Patrick White
Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for The Eye of the Storm. He won numerous other awards including the Miles Franklin for his other works.
Patrick White was educated in Sydney.
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1963 |
Medicine |
Sir John Carew Eccles
Awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology for work on the transmission of the nerve impulse.
Sir John was educated in Melbourne.
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1960 |
Medicine |
Sir (Frank) Macfarlane Burnet
Awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for his 'clonal selection' theory of antibody production and his insights into the phenomenon of immunological tolerance. It is said he provided the foundation for modern biotechnology and genetic engineering.
Sir Frank is a graduate of the University of Melbourne in medicine and surgery.
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1945 |
Medicine |
Sir Howard Walter Florey
Awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for his development of penicillin. Over the past century, tens and possibly hundreds of millions of lives have been saved thanks to the work of Sir Florey. The ramifications of Florey's work have been greater than "just" penicillin and "just" saving lives - the discovery of penicillin's astonishing properties opened the door to the development of many other antibiotics.
Sir Howard was educated in Adelaide.
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1915 |
Physics |
Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg
The youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize which was jointly awarded with his father, Sir William Henry Bragg. Together they discovered the X-ray technique for investigating the structure of crystals.
Sir William was educated at the University of Adelaide. |
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