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Life Summary

Name	John Arthur Passmore
Born	9 September, 1914 Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 July, 2004 (aged 89) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education *	Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1927-1931) University of Sydney (student, 1932-1940) University of London (student, 1948-1948) Oxford University (student, 1955-1955)
Occupation *	academic (1936-1949) New South Wales, Australia philosopher (1936-1949) New South Wales, Australia academic (1950-1954) Overseas philosopher (1950-1954) Overseas academic (1955-1979) Australian Capital Territory, Australia philosopher (1955-2004) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Carnegie scholarship (recipient, 1955) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1994)
Legacies *	John Passmore Lecture (ANU) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (fellow) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (honorary foreign member) Australian Academy of the Humanities (member) Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (governor) Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (director) British Academy (corresponding fellow) Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters (foreign member) Australian Academy of the Humanities (president, 1974-1977)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (philosophy) (academic, 1936-1949) University of Otago (New Zealand) (academic, 1950-1954) Australian National University (philosophy) (academic, 1958-1979) Australian National University (Research School of Social Sciences) (academic, 1958-1979) Australian National University (history of ideas) (emeritus professor, 1980-2000)

* Dates are approximate