Select any link to see items in a related category.
more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1996 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1940 (17) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Australia (10) Brisbane (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) P (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) D (26) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) P (34) Peter (10) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 57 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Australia (9) 39. Worked for Medical Organization 39. Worked for Medical Organization North America (25) United States (25) Southeastern states (1) Tennessee (1) Memphis (1) St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Australia (14) Canberra (8) Australian National University (8) Long-term academic staff (4) Short-term academic staff (5) Melbourne (8) University of Melbourne (8) Long-term academic staff (2) Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Edinburgh (19) University of Edinburgh (19) Alumni (6) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Australia (8) Brisbane (1) Indooroopilly State High School (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) Australian Academy of Science (13) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) Australian National Living Treasure (1) Australian of the Year (4) C-D (404) C (272) Companion of the Order of Australia (8) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (12) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) K-L (297) L (183) Leeuwenhoek Lecture (6) M-N (333) M (172) Mendel Medal (4) O-P (364) P (242) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (21) 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
