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| Time line of key events in Dewey's life (Fonte) |
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1859
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Born at 186 South Willard Street, Burlington, Vermont, USA to Lucinda Rich Dewey and Archibald Sprague Dewey |
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1875
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Graduated from Burlington High School |
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1879
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Bachelor of Arts degree, University of Vermont (Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Psi) |
| High school teacher, Oil City Pennsylvania to 1881 | |
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1881
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Teacher, Lake View seminary, Charlotte Vermont. |
| Studied philosophy with H.A.P. Torrey as private student | |
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1882
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Entered Johns Hopkins University as graduate student, encounters Charles Sanders Peirce |
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1883
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Becomes Fellow at Johns Hopkins University |
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1884
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Doctorate awarded by Johns Hopkins University. His dissertation "The Psychology of Kant" was not published and appears to have been lost. |
| Appointed Instructor in Philosophy, University of Michigan | |
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1886
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Marries Harriet Alice Chipman of Fenton Michigan on July 28, 1886, one of his students |
| Promoted to Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan | |
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1887
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First child, Frederick born |
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1888
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Appointed Professor of Philosophy at University of Minnesota |
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1889
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Appointed Professor of Philosophy at University of Michigan |
| First daughter, Evelyn, born | |
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1890
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George Herbert Mead joins Department of Philosophy at University of Michigan, becomes life-long friend of Dewey |
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1893
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Second son, Morris, born |
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1894
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Appointed Professor of Philosophy at University of Chicago |
| Creation of the Department of Philosophy, Psychology and Education | |
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1895
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Son, Morris (born 1893) dies of diphtheria in Milan, Italy |
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1896
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Son, Gordon, born |
| Laboratory School at the University of Chicago begins operation. The University merged the school into the University School in 1904. | |
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1897
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Daughter, Lucy, born |
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1899
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Elected President of the American Psychological Association |
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1900
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Daughter, Jane, born |
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1902
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Appointed Director of the School of Education, University of Chicago, serving until 1904. |
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1904
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Appointed Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University. Remains at Columbia until 1930. |
| Honorary LL.D. University of Wisconsin | |
| Son, Gordon (born 1896), dies of typhoid fever while family vacationing in Ireland | |
| Adopt son, Sabino, in Milan, Italy | |
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1905
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Elected President of the American Philosophical Association |
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1906
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Lecturer in Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1906-1907. |
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1910
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Named Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
| Honorary LL.D., University of Vermont | |
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1911
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Named Member of the American Philosophical Society |
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1913
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Honorary LL.D. University of Michigan |
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1915
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Founder and first President, American Association of University Professors |
| Honorary LL.D., Johns Hopkins University | |
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1917
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Honorary LL.D., Illinois College |
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1918
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Delivered the West Memorial Foundation Lectures at Leland Stanford Junior University, later published as Human Nature and Conduct (1922). |
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1919
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Lecturer, Imperial University, Tokyo |
| Lecturer, National Universities of Peking and Nanking, China, 1919 - 1921 | |
| Helps found New School for Social Research, New York | |
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1921
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Honorary Ph.D., National University of Peking |
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1923
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Membre correspondant, Acadé©e des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Institut de France, section de philosophie. |
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1924
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Educational survey of Turkey |
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1925
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Named Paul Carus Lecturer by the (Experience and Nature (1929)) |
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1926
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Educational survey of Mexico |
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1927
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Alice Dewey dies of arteriosclerosis |
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1929
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Gifford Lecturer, University of Edinburgh (The Quest for Certainty) |
| Honorary Litt.D., Columbia University | |
| Honorary LL.D., University of St. Andrews | |
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1930
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Named Professor Emeritus of Philosophy in residence, Columbia University |
| William James Lecturer, Harvard University (Art as Experience) | |
| Docteur de l'Université ¼i>honoris causa, Paris. | |
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1931
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Lecturer, National University of Peking |
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1932
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Honorary LL.D., Harvard University |
| Helps found University-In-Exile | |
| Elected Honorary President, National Education Association | |
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1935
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Begins correspondence with Arthur Bentley, originally a student at University of Chicago |
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1937
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Chairman, Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials |
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1938
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Elected Honorary President for Life, American Philosophical Association |
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1939
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Named Professor Emeritus, Columbia University |
| Awarded Order of the Jade by China | |
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1946
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Marries Roberta Lowitz Grant of New York City on December 11, 1946 |
| Honorary D.Sc., University of Pennsylvania | |
| Honorary Ph.D., University of Oslo | |
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1949
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Awarded the Order of Merit by Chile |
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1951
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Honorary Litt.D., Yale University |
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1952
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Named Honorary Vice-President, New York State Liberal Party |
| Dies at home, 1158 Fifth Avenue, New York City on June 1, 1952 after breaking his hip the previous November. |