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Name	William Graeme Laver
Born	3 June, 1925 Diamond Creek, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	26 September, 2008 (aged 83) London, Middlesex, England
Education *	Ivanhoe Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1937-1941) University of Melbourne (student, 1946-1955) St Mary's Hospital (London) (student, 1956-1958)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1958-1990) Australian Capital Territory, Australia biochemist (1958-2008) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Prime Minister's Prize for Science (1996)
Key Organisations *	Melbourne University Mountaineering Club (member, 1946-1955) Royal Society of London (UK) (fellow, 1987-2008)
Workplaces *	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne) (employee, 1942-1955) Australian National University (biology and virology) (academic, 1959-1990) Australian National University (JCSMR) (academic, 1959-1990) Australian National University (biology and virology) (visiting fellow, 1990)

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