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  • 71Burnet, Sir (Frank)Macfarlane — Bur·net (bər nĕtʹ, bûrʹnĭt), Sir (Frank) Macfarlane. 1899 1985. Australian virologist. He shared a 1960 Nobel Prize for work on acquired immunological tolerance. * * * …

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  • 72burnet rose. — See Scotch rose. [1880 85] * * * …

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  • 73Burnet, Macfarlane sir Frank — ► (1899 1987) Médico australiano. Fue premio Nobel de Medicina y Fisiología en 1960, compartido con P. Brian Medawar, por sus trabajos sobre la inmunidad en el caso de transplante de tejidos entre seres vivos …

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  • 74Burnet, Sir (Frank) Macfarlane — (3 sep. 1899, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia–31 ago. 1985, Melbourne, Victoria). Médico y virólogo australiano. Se graduó de médico en la Universidad de Melbourne. Más adelante descubrió un método para identificar las bacterias por los virus… …

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  • 75BURNET, GILBERT —    bishop of Salisbury, born at Edinburgh, of an old Aberdeen family; professor of Divinity in Glasgow; afterwards preacher at the Rolls Chapel, London; took an active part in supporting the claims of the Prince of Orange to the English throne;… …

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  • 76BURNET, JOHN —    engraver and author, born at Fisherrow; engraved Wilkie s works, and wrote on art (1784 1868) …

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  • 77BURNET, THOMAS —    master of the Charterhouse, born in Yorkshire, author of the Sacred Theory of the Earth, eloquent in descriptive parts, but written wholly in ignorance of the facts (1635 1715) …

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  • 78Burnet, Gilbert — (1643 1715)    Theologian and historian, s. of a Royalist and Episcopalian lawyer, who became a judge, and of the sister of Johnston of Warristoun, a leader of the Covenanters, was b. in Edin., and ed. at Aberdeen and at Amsterdam, where he… …

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  • 79Burnet, Thomas — (1635? 1715)    Theologian and writer on cosmogony, was b. at Croft near Darlington, and ed. at Camb., and became Master of Charterhouse and Clerk of the Closet to William III. His literary fame rests on his Telluris Theoria Sacra, or Sacred… …

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  • 80burnet moth — /ˈbɜnət mɒθ/ (say bernuht moth) noun 1. any moth of the genus Zygaena, with bright red hind wings, and spots of the same colour in the dark green forewing. 2. any of several other moths having a dark green colouring, as Anthrocera filipendula …