Memorial Page for John Rawls
American political philosopher
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John Rawls (* February 21, 1921 in Baltimore; † November 24, 2002 in Lexington) was an american political philosopher. He was 81 years old. He was married to Margaret Warfield Fox. His education included Princeton University, Kent School and Calvert School. He received 6 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
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11 EventsBorn in Baltimore, Maryland
1921Princeton University
1939Doctor of Philosophy · until 1950
Married Margaret Warfield Fox
1949Cornell University
1953assistant professor · until 1959
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1960until 1962
Harvard University
1962until 1991
Guggenheim Fellowship
1964Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
1972A Theory of Justice
National Humanities Medal
1999Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
1999Died in Lexington, Middlesex County
2002Obituary
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John Rawls. Forever remembered.