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Henry Sidgwick
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Born in Skipton, North Yorkshire
Born on 31st of May 1838
Died on 29th of August 1900

Born 1838. Died 1900 - English philosopher.

Educated at Rugby School and Cambridge. Best known work is Methods of Ethics (1874). Founder of Society for Psychical Research in 1882. Promoted higher education for women. Assisted founding a house for woman students, became Newnham College, Cambridge.

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