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Name	John Makepeace Bennett
Born	13 July, 1921 Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Died	9 December, 2010 (aged 89) Balgowlah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education *	Southport School (Gold Coast, Qld) (student, 1934-1938) University of Queensland (student, 1940-1946) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1947-1949)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1956-1986) New South Wales, Australia computer scientist (1956-2000) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1983) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Pearcey Medal (Pearcey Foundation) (recipient, 2004)
Key Organisations *	Australian Computing Society (member, 1966) Australian Computing Society (president, 1966)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (Adolph Basser Laboratory) (academic, 1956-1982) University of Sydney (computer science) (academic, 1982-1986) University of Sydney (computer science) (emeritus professor, 1987-2000)

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