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Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock
Philosopher of morality, education and mind, and writer on existentialism (1924-2019) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 94
Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, 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.
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She served as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1984 to 1991.