death_place home_town other_names nationality article_title parents known_for residence employer education name partner occupation
canberra ballarat , victoria frank john fenner -lrb- after 1938 -rrb- australian frank fenner
 albert charles fenner and peggy fenner eradication of smallpox control of australia 's rabbit plague canberra australian national university university of adelaide frank fenner ellen margaret bobbie roberts virology
frank fenner

frank john fenner , ac , cmg , mbe , frs , faa -lrb- 21 december 1914 -- 22 november 2010 -rrb- was an australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology .
his two greatest achievements are cited as overseeing the eradication of smallpox , and the control of australia 's rabbit plague through the introduction of myxoma virus .
the australian academy of science awards annually the prestigious `` fenner medal '' for distinguished research in biology by a scientist under 40 years of age .
