Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

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Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock , CH DBE FBA (born Wilson ; born April 14, 1924 in Winchester ; † March 20, 2019 ) was a British philosopher , teacher , university professor and author who dealt with questions of the Ethics , educational theory , philosophy of mind and existentialism and was a non-party member ( Crossbencher ) of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2015 . Through her Warnock Report: Special Educational Needs , published in 1978, she is considered the founder of special education in Great Britain.

Life

Family, studies, career and marriage

Mary Wilson, daughter of one of Scotland derived teacher for the German language at Winchester College , graduated after attending the St Swithun's School in Winchester to study philosophy at Lady Margaret Hall of the University of Oxford . After completing her studies, she was a fellow and tutor at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford between 1949 and 1966 . Her older brother was the diplomat Archibald Duncan Wilson , who was among other things ambassador to Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union and between 1971 and 1980 director ( master's ) of Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge .

In 1949 she married the philosopher Geoffrey Warnock , with whom she had five children. Geoffrey Warnock was later from 1971 to 1988 Principal of Hertford College and between 1981 and 1985 also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

She then served as the headmistress of Oxford High School , an Oxford- based girls' school , from 1966 to 1972 . In 1972 she returned to her alma mater , Lady Margaret Hall, where she was a Talbot Research Fellow until 1976 .

Investigations on behalf of the government and the so-called Warnock Reports

At this time, Mary Warnock, who dealt with questions of ethics, educational theory, philosophy of mind and existentialism in her research work and writings, also took on numerous offices in public organizations and institutions, such as between 1972 and 1983 as a member of the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( Independent Broadcasting Authority ) and from 1974 to 1978 as chair of the Committee of Inquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People . As a result of their research, the Warnock Report: Special Educational Needs was created in 1978 .

In 1976 she returned to St Hugh's College, where she worked as a Senior Research Fellow until 1984 . During this time she was the one from 1979 to 1984 member of the Royal Commission on Pollution ( Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution ) and the other from 1982 to 1984 chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilization and Embryology ( Committee of Inquiry on Human Fertilization and Embryology ) . She also wrote an extensive Warnock Report on this , which later led to the passage of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990 and the establishment of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA).

Member of the House of Lords and Director of Girton College

Mary Warnock then headed 1984-1989, the committee of the Interior Ministry on animal testing ( Home Office Committee on Animal Experimentation ) and in 1984 an Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and in 1985 the St Hugh's College.

On February 6, 1985, she was raised to the nobility by a letters patent as a Life Peeress with the title Baroness Warnock , of Weeke in the City of Winchester . On March 27, 1985 she was introduced as a member of the House of Lords . In the upper house she belongs to the group of non-party peers, the so-called crossbenchers .

In 1986 she became director of Girton College , one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge, and held this position until 1989. In 1987, awarded University of Bath her an honorary doctorate ( Honorary Doctor of Letters ).

Baroness Warnock, who between 1998 and 2001 Chairman of the Panel on Medical Ethics of the Archbishop of Canterbury had been since 1998. Chairman of the Board on issues of looting of evidence. In 2000 she was appointed visiting professor of rhetoric at Gresham College .

In 2005, against the background of the Warnock Report published in 1978, she called for a new consideration of inclusion and in an interview in 2010 again dealt critically with this topic. In this interview she described children as victims of "institutional pessimism".

In 2008, Baroness Warnock, a staunch euthanasia advocate , sparked public controversy for her view that people with dementia should be allowed to choose death if they felt they were “a burden to their families or the state “Would be.

In 2010 she was named one of Britain's top five science ethicists by The Times .

On June 1, 2015, Warnock voluntarily retired and left the House of Lords under the rules of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. In 2018 she was awarded the Dan David Prize . In 2000 she became an honorary member of the British Academy . She died in March 2019, a few weeks before her 95th birthday.

Publications

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lady Warnock obituary in: The Guardian , March 21, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019
  2. ↑ Warnock & SEN (Special Educational Needs) (accessed on July 10, 2012)
  3. ↑ REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO HUMAN FERTILIZATION AND EMBRYOLOGY ( Memento from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (July 1984; PDF; 788 kB)
  4. ↑ Introduction of the Baroness Warnock ( Hansard , March 27, 1985)
  5. ^ "Special needs" education queried . In: BBC News, June 8, 2005
  6. ↑ There's something about Mary… . In: The Guardian, June 12, 2005
  7. ^ Baroness Mary Warnock: The cynical betrayal of my special needs children . In: The Daily Telegraph, September 17, 2010
  8. ↑ Baroness Warnock: Dementia sufferers may have a "duty to die" . In: The Telegraph, September 18, 2008
  9. ↑ Legalize assisted suicide, for pity's sake . In: The Guardian, October 19, 2008
  10. ^ Baroness Mary Warnock , entry on Progress Educational Trust (PET), accessed on February 3, 2017
  11. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed August 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Warnock, Mary, Baroness Warnock
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warnock, Helen Mary, Baroness Warnock (full name); Wilson, Helen Mary (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British philosopher, teacher, university professor and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Winchester
DATE OF DEATH 20th March 2019