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complete name:	Peter Doherty
nobel prize:	medicine
award year:	1996
together with:	Rolf M. Zinkernagel
prize share:	Prize share: 1/2
rational:	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 was awarded jointly to Peter C. Doherty and Rolf M. Zinkernagel "for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence."
biography:	Biography
laureate facts:	Facts
laureate lecture:	Lecture
given name:	Peter
family name:	Doherty
occupation:	professor
occupation:	veterinarian
occupation:	immunologist
field of work:	immunology
work location:	University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
description:	Peter Doherty is an Australian veterinary surgeon and researcher in the field of medicine. He 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.
image copyright:	Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
image citation:	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1996/summary/>
date birth:	1940
usual name:	Peter Doherty