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Life Summary

Name	John Jefferson Bray
Born	16 September, 1912 Wayville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	26 June, 1995 (aged 82) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	emphysema
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bray, John Cox (grandfather) Jury, Charles Rischbieth (friend) Harris, Maxwell Henley (acquaintance) Stow, Thomas Quinton (related entry) Stow, Randolph Isham (related entry) Rivett, Rohan Deakin (related entry)
Education *	St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1925-1928) University of Adelaide (student, 1929-1937)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1933-1967) South Australia, Australia university teacher (1943-1967) South Australia, Australia playwright (1955-1967) South Australia, Australia poet (1955-1995) South Australia, Australia chief justice (1967-1978) South Australia, Australia judge (1967-1978) South Australia, Australia university chancellor (1968-1983) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Stow prize (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1930) David Murray scholarship (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1931) David Murray scholarship (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1932) Bonython prize (University of Adelaide) (recipient, 1937) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
Key Events *	Adelaide Festival of Arts (participant, 1960-1980)
Legacies *	John Bray Orations (University of Adelaide) (eponym) John Bray Poetry Award (Adelaide Festival) (eponym) John Jefferson Bray Memorial fountain (Adelaide) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	South Australian Bar Association (admitted, 1933) Libraries Board of South Australia (member, 1944-1987) University of Adelaide (administration) (chancellor, 1968-1983)
Workplaces *	Genders, Wilson, & Pellew (lawyer, 1933) University of Adelaide (law) (lecturer, 1943-1967)

* Dates are approximate