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Name	Peter Charles Menzies
Born	5 February, 1953 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	6 February, 2015 (aged 62) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Education *	Canberra Grammar School (student, 1966-1970) Australian National University (student, 1971-1974) St Andrew's University (Scotland) (student, 1975-1976) Stanford University (USA) (student, 1977-1980)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1987-1995) Australian Capital Territory, Australia philosopher (1987-1995) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1995-2013) New South Wales, Australia philosopher (1995-2013) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	University Medal (ANU) (recipient, 1975)
Key Organisations *	Australasian Association of Philosophy (member, ?-2015) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 2007-2015) Australasian Association of Philosophy (president, 2008-2009)
Workplaces *	Macquarie University (philosophy) (academic, ?-2013) Australian National University (philosophy) (academic, 1987-1995)

* Dates are approximate

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