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Name	George Dennis Dracoulis
Born	9 December, 1944 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	19 June, 2014 (aged 69) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (kidney)
Cultural Heritage	Greek Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	University of Melbourne (student, 1962-1969) University of Manchester (UK) (student, 1970-1972)
Occupation *	academic (1973-2009) Australian Capital Territory, Australia nuclear physicist (1973-2014) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (Australian Academy of Science) (recipient, 2003) Walter Boas Medal (Australian Institute of Physics) (recipient, 2004)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Physics (fellow, 1990-2014) American Physical Society (fellow, 1993-2014) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1997-2014) Royal Society of New Zealand (honorary fellow, 1997-2014)
Workplaces *	Australian National University (nuclear physics) (academic, 1973-2009) Australian National University (nuclear physics) (emeritus professor, 2009-2014)

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