What is Frank Fenner?
'''Frank Fenner''' (21 December 1914 [[Ballarat, Victoria|Ballarat]] — 22 November 2010) was an [[Australian]] scientist.<ref name =anu>{{Cite web |url=http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/about/fenner/index.php |title=ANU - The John Curtin School of Medical Research - JCSMR |work=jcsmr.anu.edu.au |accessdate=2 December 2010 |archive-date=28 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228170525/http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/about/fenner/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was famous for his work on [[smallpox]] and the [[myxoma]] virus,<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/frank-fenner-who-eradicated-smallpox-and-ended-rabbit-plague-dead-at-95/story-e6frg6nf-1225958840687 |title=Frank Fenner, who eradicated smallpox and ended rabbit plague, dead at 95 |via= ''The Australian'' |work=theaustralian.com.au |accessdate=2 December 2010 }}</ref> which had been deadly for rabbits in Australia. Fenner was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1914. He studied for a [[Bachelor of Medicine]] and Bachelor of Surgery at the [[University of Adelaide]] and graduated in 1938.<ref name=anu/> In 1940 he completed a diploma in tropical medicine and 1942 he completed his [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree.<ref name=anu/> During [[World War II]] he joined the Australian Army as a doctor and studied the [[parasite]] that caused [[malaria]].<ref name=anu/> After the war he worked at [[Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research]] in [[Melbourne]] where he studied smallpox. In 1949 he became the first professor of [[microbiology]] at the new [[Australian National University]] (ANU) in [[Canberra]].<ref name=anu/> His interest on research was the myxoma virus.<ref name=anu/> This virus was used to kill millions of rabbits that were destroying large areas of Australian grasslands and farms. In 1967 Fenner became the Director of the [[John Curtin School of Medical Research]] at ANU and also Chairman of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication.<ref name=anu/> In 1973 he becam