# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-fenner
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:53:39.202Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-fenner"
name: "Frank Fenner"
slug: "frank-fenner"
description: "Frank John Fenner 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 attempted control of Australia's rabbit plague through the introduction of Myxoma virus."
tagline: "Australian virologist (1914–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/Professor_Frank_Fenner.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1914-12-21"
deathDate: "2010-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.9574468085106383
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump