Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock

The Baroness Warnock
Born
Helen Mary Wilson

(1924-04-14)14 April 1924
Winchester, England
Died20 March 2019(2019-03-20) (aged 94)
London, England
Alma mater
Known forPhilosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer on existentialism
Board member ofActive Training and Education Trust
Spouse
(m. 1949; died 1995)
Children5
RelativesDuncan Wilson (brother)
Felix Schuster (maternal grandfather)

Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, CH, DBE, FBA, FMedSci (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.