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Peter C. Doherty

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Peter C. Doherty

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Also known as Peter Charles Doherty, Peter Doherty

Australian immunologist

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Peter C. Doherty is a male person from the United Kingdom, born on 1940-10-15. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Medicine collection. His work has been acknowledged with one Nobel Prize.

In the field of music, he is associated with the genres of alternative, british, and classic pop and rock. His official website is peterdoherty.com.au, and he has 117240 social media followers.

As an author, Peter C. Doherty has one work listed in the Open Library, titled "Pandemics." Crossref data indicates a works count of 5. He has an Erdős number of 6 and is referenced by 419 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Pandemics

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1979-03-12
alternativebritishclassic pop and rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
4

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peter+C.+Doherty">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Peter Charles Doherty , 15 October 1940 ( 1940-10-15 ) (age 85) , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
Education
University of Queensland University of Edinburgh
Known for
Major histocompatibility complex
Awards
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1983), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1996), Australian of the Year (1997), Leeuwenhoek Lecture (1999)
Fields
Medicine , Immunology
Institutions
John Curtin School of Medical Research , Australian National University , Trinity College Dublin
Thesis
Studies in the experimental pathology of louping-ill encephalitis (1970)
Doctoral advisor
G. L. Montgomery , J. T. Stamp

via Wikipedia infobox

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1996

    for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Family name
Doherty
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Brisbane
Occupation
professor
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
immunology
Official website
peterdoherty.com.au
Image
Peter C. Doherty 2017.jpg
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Commons category
Peter C. Doherty
name in native language
Peter Charles Doherty
date of birth
1940-10-15
Erdős number
6
social media followers
117240
interested in
immunology
Sources (6)

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Encyclopedic overview

Peter Charles Doherty (born 15 October 1940) is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate.

Doherty received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in 1997. In the Australia Day Honours of 1997, he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his work with Zinkernagel. He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure.

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