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Peter C. Doherty

1940 - Today

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter C. Doherty has received more than 275,491 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Peter C. Doherty is the 424th most popular physician (down from 382nd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Australia (down from 85th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Australian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Peter C. Doherty ranks 424 out of 502Before him are Kiyoshi Shiga, Hiraga Gennai, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Dorotea Bucca, David Cooper, and Friedrich von Esmarch. After him are Kurt Blome, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Mehmet Oz, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, and Vivien Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Peter C. Doherty ranks 236Before him are Gösta Pettersson, Nanni Galli, Roger Pingeon, Yozhef Sabo, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, and Peter Gethin. After him are John Mahoney, Teruki Miyamoto, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Ali Nasir Muhammad, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, and Stan Mikita.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Peter C. Doherty ranks 101 out of 925Before him are Mark Webber (1976), Bobby Pearce (1905), Kevin Rudd (1957), Annette Kellermann (1887), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), and Samuel Alexander (1859). After him are Terence Tao (1975), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), Jack Crawford (1908), Elle Macpherson (1964), Bruce Beresford (1940), and Ron Clarke (1937).

Among PHYSICIANS In Australia

Among physicians born in Australia, Peter C. Doherty ranks 5Before him are John Eccles (1903), Robin Warren (1937), Howard Florey (1898), and Barry Marshall (1951).

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