# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-o-urmson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:46:34.261Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/j-o-urmson"
name: "J. O. Urmson"
slug: "j-o-urmson"
description: "James Opie Urmson was a British philosopher and classicist who spent most of his professional career at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was a prolific author and expert on a number of topics including British analytic/linguistic philosophy, George Berkeley, ethics, and Greek philosophy."
tagline: "British philosopher (1915-2012)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1915-03-04"
deathDate: "2012-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump