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Name	Geoffrey John Price
Alternative Names	Geoffrey John Price-Pontifex
Born	12 June, 1930 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Died	1 January, 1999 (aged 68) Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (employer)
Education *	Anglican Church Grammar School (Brisbane) (student, 1939-1939) Toowoomba Anglican School (Toowoomba, Qld) (student, 1939-1943) Toowoomba Grammar School (Qld) (student, 1944-1948) Emmanuel College (University of Qld) (student, 1949-1952) University of Queensland (student, 1949-1952)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1953-1994) Federal, Australia diplomat (1955-1994) Federal, Australia ambassador (1974-1975) Federal, Australia ambassador (1978-1981) Federal, Australia ambassador (1984-1994) Federal, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1967)
Workplaces *	Dept of External Affairs (federal) (diplomat, 1953-1970) Dept of Foreign Affairs (federal) (diplomat, 1970-1994)

* Dates are approximate