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Gustav Nossal (Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal) was born on 4 June, 1931 in Bad Ischl, Austria, is an Australian research biologist (born 1931). Discover Gustav Nossal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 4 June 1931
Birthday 4 June
Birthplace Bad Ischl, Austria
Nationality Austria

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1931

Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal (born 4 June 1931) is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist.

He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.

Nossal's family was from Vienna, Austria.

He was born four weeks prematurely in Bad Ischl while his mother was on holiday.

1939

His family left their home town of Vienna for Australia in 1939 following Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria.

As his father's grandparents were Jewish, he was also considered Jewish and at risk of being sent to concentration camps.

In an interview with Adam Spencer, Nossal noted that his father was not a professing Jew but of Jewish ethnicity as he had been baptised a Roman Catholic as a child.

Nossal remarked that his father "therefore thought that he would be somewhat protected from the Holocaust-type predicament. Of course, he hadn't properly read Mein Kampf. It was all spelt out there: if your four grandparents were Jewish, then you were Jewish."

He was baptised and remains a practising Roman Catholic.

Nossal showed interest in medicine and wanted to become a doctor since the age of seven.

When he first attended school in Australia, Nossal spoke no English

1947

but he graduated from St Aloysius' College in 1947

as the dux of the college.

1948

In 1948, he entered the Sydney Medical School, graduating later with first-class honours from the University of Sydney.

1960

At the age of 26, he left his job in Sydney and moved to Melbourne to work with Macfarlane Burnet in medical science at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and gained his PhD degree at the University of Melbourne in 1960.

On describing his views on religion Nossal said:

1965

Following the retirement of Macfarlane Burnet in 1965, at the age of 35 Nossal became director of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, a position that he kept until 1996.

In parallel, he was Professor of Medical Biology at the University of Melbourne.

Nossal's research was in fundamental immunology, in the field of "antibody formation and immunological tolerance".

He has written five books and 530 scientific articles in this and related fields.

1970

Nossal has been President (1970-1973) of the 30,000-member world body of immunology, the International Union of Immunological Societies; President of the Australian Academy of Science (1994-1998); a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) (1989 to 1998); and Chairman of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (1987-1996).

1993

He has been chairman of the committee overseeing the World Health Organization's Vaccines and Biologicals Program (1993-2002) and Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Council of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Children's Vaccine Program (1998-2003).

1998

He was Deputy Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation from 1998 to 2000.

He was Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Global Foundation, The purpose of the foundation was to "encourage Australia’s sustainable national development in a global context." Sir Gustav is a member of the Patrons Council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria and of the advisory board of the Health Impact Fund.

Nossal is married to Lyn whom he met and later married on completion of his medical course at the University of Sydney.

Together, they have four children and nine grandchildren.