Mary Warnock

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Mary Warnock was a British philosopher and life peer best known for chairing the influential Warnock Committee on human fertilisation and embryology, which shaped UK bioethics and legislation.

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instanceOf British philosopher
human
life peer
member of the House of Lords
philosopher
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in Classics
areaOfInfluence UK legislation on reproductive technologies
United Kingdom bioethics policy
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
educatedAt Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
St Swithun’s School, Winchester
Winchester High School
familyName Warnock
fieldOfWork bioethics
ethics
existentialism
moral philosophy
philosophy
philosophy of education
fullName Helen Mary Warnock
givenName Helen
Mary
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honour DBE
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
influenced Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
knownFor Warnock Committee
chairing the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology
influencing UK bioethics
influencing legislation on human fertilisation and embryology in the UK
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Crossbench
surface form: Crossbench peers

House of Lords
Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
nobleTitle Baroness Warnock
surface form: Baroness Warnock of Weeke in the City of Winchester
notableWork A Question of Life: The Warnock Report on Human Fertilisation and Embryology
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics
existentialism
surface form: Existentialism

Imagination
Nature and Mortality
The Uses of Philosophy
Warnock Report
occupation academic
educationalist
life peer
philosopher
politician
positionHeld Chair of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford
Headmistress of Oxford High School
Mistress of Girton College
surface form: Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge

member of the House of Lords
sexOrGender female
spouse Geoffrey Warnock
spouseOccupation Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
philosopher
title Baroness Warnock

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