PHILOSOPHER

Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

1924 - 2019

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Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, (née Wilson; 14 April 1924 – 20 March 2019) was an English philosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer on existentialism. She is best known for chairing an inquiry whose report formed the basis of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. She served as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1984 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock is the 983rd most popular philosopher (up from 1,249th in 2019), the 2,789th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,812th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock ranks 983 out of 1,267. Before her are Olavo de Carvalho, Sosipatra, Nikephoros Blemmydes, Theodoric of Freiberg, Olof Celsius, and Huang Zongxi. After her are Paul Deussen, Zeno of Tarsus, Androcles, Jean Rostand, Hegesias of Magnesia, and Ibn Abi'l-Hadid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock ranks 241. Before her are Klaus Huber, Luděk Pachman, Erik Balling, György Lázár, Maurice Karnaugh, and Jean Laplanche. After her are Vilgot Sjöman, Marc Ferro, Olga Gyarmati, Marga López, Inge Sørensen, and Martha Hyer. Among people deceased in 2019, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock ranks 222. Before her are Nanni Galli, Andrew G. Vajna, María Baxa, James Ingram, Marion Chesney, and Cameron Boyce. After her are Fahrudin Jusufi, Katherine Helmond, Elio Sgreccia, Sulli, Thomas Remengesau Sr., and Diahann Carroll.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock ranks 2,790 out of 8,785. Before her are Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), John Wood (1930), Kevin Ayers (1944), Thomas Wright (1711), and Ed Davey (1965). After her are Andrew Ridgeley (1963), William Robert Grove (1811), Robert Catesby (1573), Jack Greenwell (1884), Michael Byrne (1943), and Dougray Scott (1965).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock ranks 64. Before her are Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Frederick Copleston (1907), Raymond Williams (1921), Martin Lings (1909), J. M. E. McTaggart (1866), and Perry Anderson (1938). After her are Thomas Arnold (1795), Richard Swinburne (1934), Anna Kingsford (1846), Samuel Clarke (1675), Michael Oakeshott (1901), and R. M. Hare (1919).

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