J. O. Urmson

J. O. Urmson MC
Urmson in 1952
Born	James Opie Urmson (1915-03-04)4 March 1915 Hornsea, England
Died	29 January 2012(2012-01-29) (aged 96)
Academic background
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
Institutions	Christ Church, Oxford Queen's College, Dundee Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Doctoral students	Richard Shusterman
Military career
Service	British Army
Years of service	1939 – c. 1945
Rank	Captain
Unit	1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Wars	Second World War

James Opie Urmson MC (4 March 1915 – 29 January 2012)^[1] was a 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 (especially Aristotle).