| 1859 |
Born at 186 South Willard Street, Burlington, Vermont, USA to
Lucinda Rich Dewey and Archibald Sprague Dewey |
| 1875 |
Graduated from Burlington High School |
| 1879 |
Bachelor of Arts degree, University of Vermont (Phi Beta Kappa, Delta
Psi) |
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High school teacher, Oil City Pennsylvania to 1881 |
| 1881 |
Teacher, Lake View seminary, Charlotte Vermont. |
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Studied philosophy with H.A.P. Torrey as private student |
| 1882 |
Entered Johns Hopkins University as graduate student, encounters
Charles Sanders Peirce |
| 1883 |
Becomes Fellow at Johns Hopkins University |
| 1884 |
Doctorate awarded by Johns Hopkins University. His dissertation
"The Psychology of Kant" was not published and appears to have
been lost. |
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Appointed Instructor in Philosophy, University of Michigan |
| 1886 |
Marries Harriet Alice Chipman of Fenton Michigan on July 28, 1886, one
of his students |
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Promoted to Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan |
| 1887 |
First child, Frederick born |
| 1888 |
Appointed Professor of Philosophy at University of Minnesota |
| 1889 |
Appointed Professor of Philosophy at University of Michigan |
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First daughter, Evelyn, born |
| 1890 |
George Herbert Mead joins Department of Philosophy at University of
Michigan, becomes life-long friend of Dewey |
| 1893 |
Second son, Morris, born |
| 1894 |
Appointed Professor of Philosophy at University of Chicago |
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Creation of the Department of Philosophy, Psychology and Education |
| 1895 |
Son, Morris (born 1893) dies of diphtheria in Milan, Italy |
| 1896 |
Son, Gordon, born |
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Laboratory School at the University of Chicago begins operation. The
University merged the school into the University School in 1904. |
| 1897 |
Daughter, Lucy, born |
| 1899 |
Elected President of the American Psychological Association |
| 1900 |
Daughter, Jane, born |
| 1902 |
Appointed Director of the School of Education, University of Chicago,
serving until 1904. |
| 1904 |
Appointed Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University. Remains at
Columbia until 1930. |
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Honorary LL.D. University of Wisconsin |
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Son, Gordon (born 1896), dies of typhoid fever while family
vacationing in Ireland |
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Adopt son, Sabino, in Milan, Italy |
| 1905 |
Elected President of the American Philosophical Association |
| 1906 |
Lecturer in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1906-1907. |
| 1910 |
Named Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
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Honorary LL.D., University of Vermont |
| 1911 |
Named Member of the American Philosophical Society |
| 1913 |
Honorary LL.D. University of Michigan |
| 1915 |
Founder and first President, American Association of University
Professors |
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Honorary LL.D., Johns Hopkins University |
| 1917 |
Honorary LL.D., Illinois College |
| 1918 |
Delivered the West Memorial Foundation Lectures at Leland
Stanford Junior University, later published as Human Nature and
Conduct (1922). |
| 1919 |
Lecturer, Imperial University, Tokyo |
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Lecturer, National Universities of Peking and Nanking, China, 1919 -
1921 |
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Helps found New School for Social Research, New York |
| 1921 |
Honorary Ph.D., National University of Peking |
| 1923 |
Membre correspondant, Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques,
Institut de France, section de philosophie. |
| 1924 |
Educational survey of Turkey |
| 1925 |
Named Paul Carus Lecturer by the (Experience and Nature (1929)) |
| 1926 |
Educational survey of Mexico |
| 1927 |
Alice Dewey dies of arteriosclerosis |
| 1929 |
Gifford Lecturer, University of Edinburgh (The Quest for Certainty) |
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Honorary Litt.D., Columbia University |
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Honorary LL.D., University of St. Andrews |
| 1930 |
Named Professor Emeritus of Philosophy in residence, Columbia
University |
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William James Lecturer, Harvard University (Art as Experience) |
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Docteur de l'Université honoris causa, Paris. |
| 1931 |
Lecturer, National University of Peking |
| 1932 |
Honorary LL.D., Harvard University |
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Helps found University-In-Exile |
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Elected Honorary President, National Education Association |
| 1935 |
Begins correspondence with Arthur Bentley, originally a student at
University of Chicago |
| 1937 |
Chairman, Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon
Trotsky in the Moscow Trials |
| 1938 |
Elected Honorary President for Life, American Philosophical
Association |
| 1939 |
Named Professor Emeritus, Columbia University |
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Awarded Order of the Jade by China |
| 1946 |
Marries Roberta Lowitz Grant of New York City on December 11, 1946 |
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Honorary D.Sc., University of Pennsylvania |
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Honorary Ph.D., University of Oslo |
| 1949 |
Awarded the Order of Merit by Chile |
| 1951 |
Honorary Litt.D., Yale University |
| 1952 |
Named Honorary Vice-President, New York State Liberal Party |
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Dies at home, 1158 Fifth Avenue, New York City on June 1, 1952 after
breaking his hip the previous November. |
