¡®Unparalleled public intellectual¡¯ Mary Warnock dies aged 94

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Baroness Warnock was mistress of Girton College, Cambridge between 1984 and 1991, after spending several decades at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. Most notably she chaired 바카라사이트 inquiry?that led, in 1990, to 바카라사이트 passing of legislation regulating in vitro fertilisation and research using human embryos.

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In November Baroness Warnock received 바카라사이트 Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Awards 2018. The citation said that ¡°바카라사이트 energy and industry that has allowed her to range so widely and successfully combines with her powerful intellect and almost unparalleled impact on public policy to make her one of a kind¡±.

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Born in 1924, Baroness Warnock studied philosophy at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and spent six years as headmistress of Oxford High School for Girls. She was married to Geoffrey Warnock, who was vice-chancellor of Oxford between 1981 and 1985, and was made a dame in 바카라사이트 1984 New Year Honours. She published her most recent book, Critical Reflections on Ownership, in 2015 at 바카라사이트 age of 91.

Sarah Franklin, director of Cambridge¡¯s reproductive sociology research group, described Baroness Warnock as ¡°a giant and an astonishingly productive, generous, wise and instrumental figure¡±.

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Adam Balen, former chair of 바카라사이트 British Fertility Society, said that Baroness Warnock was ¡°an exuberant philosopher of great intellect¡±. Her work leading to 바카라사이트 foundation of 바카라사이트 HFEA, he said, ¡°set 바카라사이트 ground rules which have?enabled 바카라사이트 UK to be 바카라사이트 foremost nation in 바카라사이트 development of assisted conception technologies.

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