| Sir Geoffrey Warnock | |
|---|---|
| File:Geoffrey Warnock philosopher (1923-1995.jpg | |
| (c) The Open University 1973 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
In office 1981–1985 | |
| Chancellor | The Earl of Stockton |
| Preceded by | Sir Rex Richards |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Neill of Bladen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Geoffrey James Warnock 16 August 1923 Leeds, England |
| Died | 8 October 1995 (aged 72) Axford, Wiltshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (m. 1949) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Winchester College New College, Oxford |
Sir Geoffrey James Warnock (16 August 1923 – 8 October 1995)[1] was a philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.[2] Before his knighthood (in the 1986 New Year Honours), he was commonly known as G. J. Warnock.
Life[]
Warnock was born at Neville House, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, to James Warnock (1880–1953), OBE, a general practitioner from Northern Ireland who had been a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps,[3] and Kathleen (née Hall; 1890–1979). The Warnocks later lived at Grade II-listed[4] Pull Croft, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire (historically Berkshire).[5][6]
Warnock was educated at Winchester College.[1] He then served with the Irish Guards until 1945, before entering New College, Oxford, with a classics scholarship. He was elected to a Fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1949. After spending three years at Brasenose College, he returned to Magdalen as a Fellow and tutor in philosophy. In 1970, he was elected to Principal of Hertford College, Oxford (1971–1988), where there is now a society and student house named after him.[7] He was also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1981 to 1985.[2]
Warnock, with co-editor J. O. Urmson, prepared for posthumous 1961 publication the Philosophical Papers of their friend, and fellow Oxford linguistic philosopher, J. L. Austin.[8] Warnock also reconstructed Austin's Sense and Sensibilia (1962) from manuscript notes.[9] Warnock married Mary Wilson, a fellow philosopher of St Hugh's College, Oxford, and later Baroness Warnock, in 1949. They had two sons and three daughters.[10][11] He retired to live near Marlborough, Wiltshire, in 1988 and died of degenerative lung disease in 1995[12] at Axford in Wiltshire.
Works[]
For a more complete list of Warnock's works see his PhilPapers entry
- Berkeley, Penguin Books, 1953.
- English Philosophy Since 1900, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1958; 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1969.
- Contemporary Moral Philosophy (New studies in ethics), Palgrave Macmillan, 1967. ISBN 978-0333048979.
- The Object of Morality, Methuen, 1971. ISBN 0-416-13780-6.
- Morality and Language, Barnes & Noble. 1983
- J. L. Austin (The Arguments of the Philosophers), Routledge, 1989.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Torrance, John (16 October 1995). "Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Warnock — Obituaries, News". London. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-geoffrey-warnock-1577920.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/.
- ↑ The Medical Register, vol. 2- Provinces and Wales, J. & A. Churchill, Ltd, 1948, p. 2199
- ↑ "British Listed Buildings: Number 53 (Pull Croft) and railings to front". British Listed Buildings. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101368089-number-53-pull-croft-and-railings-to-front-sutton-courtenay.
- ↑ "Warnock, Sir Geoffrey James" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.) Oxford University Press 2004 Digital object identifier:10.1093/ref:odnb/60440 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-60440 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Wills and Probate 1858–1996, surname 'Warnock', year of death '1954', page 170, Warnock, James, of Pull Croft, Sutton Courtenay, died 4 December 1953, Probate to Kathleen Warnock, widow
- ↑ Geoffrey Warnock student accommodation Archived 1 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine., Hertford College, Oxford, UK.
- ↑ Austin, J. L. (1961). Urmson, J. O.. ed. Philosophical Papers. Universal Digital Library. Oxford University Press. OL5843510M. http://archive.org/details/philosophicalpap013680mbp.
- ↑ Austin, J. L. (John Langshaw) (1964). Sense and Sensibilia. Internet Archive. London : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-500307-9. http://archive.org/details/sensesensibilia00aust.
- ↑ "Belief transcript: Mary Warnock interview". archived at the Wayback Machine, 6 February 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/belief/scripts/mary_warnock.html.
- ↑ "House of Lords". TheyWorkForYou. 25 July 2013. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2013-07-25a.1463.0#g1483.0.
- ↑ "Mary Warnock". The Gifford Lectures. https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/mary-warnock.
External links[]
- Geoffrey Warnock on Kant on YouTube Discussion with Bryan Magee
- Behaviour control: freedom and morality (video) Warnock in discussion with B. F Skinner and host Godfrey Vesey (Open University, 1972)
- Photograph of Geoffrey and Mary Warnock by Steve Pyke
- Obituary in The Independent by Patrick Gardiner, and another obituary in the same newspaper by John Torrance]
- The Primacy of Practical Reason by G J Warnock (1967 Dawes Hicks Lecture on Philosophy)
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