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Mary Midgley

1919 - 2018

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Mary Beatrice Midgley (née Scrutton; 13 September 1919 – 10 October 2018) was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast and Man (1978), when she was in her late fifties, and went on to write over 15 more, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992). She was awarded honorary doctorates by Durham and Newcastle universities. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Midgley is the 1,213th most popular philosopher (up from 1,219th in 2019), the 4,886th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,786th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mary Midgley ranks 1,213 out of 1,267. Before her are Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Alister McGrath, George Henry Lewes, R. C. Sproul, Paul Kurtz, and Yuval Steinitz. After her are Alexander Tarasov, David Ray Griffin, Simon Blackburn, Charles Hartshorne, Alice von Hildebrand, and Gary L. Francione.

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Among people born in 1919, Mary Midgley ranks 308. Before her are André Guelfi, Richard Scarry, Fritz Schwab, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Henriette Avram, and Karel Senecký. After her are Folke Alnevik, Jean Tamini, Norman Lane, Naim Talu, Clifford Truesdell, and Forrest Tucker. Among people deceased in 2018, Mary Midgley ranks 457. Before her are Gardner Dozois, Juris Silovs, Hal Greer, Aleksei Paramonov, Marc Bouissou, and Ute Bock. After her are Charles Vinci, Asma Jahangir, Nicanor de Carvalho, Emiliano Mondonico, Richard DeVos, and Katie Boyle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Midgley ranks 4,887 out of 8,785. Before her are Four Tet (1978), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Myra Hess (1890), Susanna Clarke (1959), and Spencer Davis (1939). After her are Frederick Rolfe (1860), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Robert Newton (1905), Richard Hoggart (1918), Alice Eve (1982), and Stephen Moyer (1969).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Mary Midgley ranks 90. Before her are Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Richard Price (1723), Hector Boece (1465), John Peckham (1227), Alister McGrath (1953), and George Henry Lewes (1817). After her are Simon Blackburn (1944), C. H. Dodd (1884), William Ames (1576), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Susan Haack (1945), and J. J. C. Smart (1920).

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