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Henry Sidgwick
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1838-05-31 ) 31 May 1838, Skipton , Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 28 August 1900 (1900-08-28) (aged 62), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , England
- Spouse
- Eleanor Mildred Balfour ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1876 )
- Relatives
- Mary Benson (sister)
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Utilitarianism
- Institutions
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Notable students
- William Ernest Johnson
- Main interests
- Economics , ethics , political philosophy
- Notable ideas
- Average and total utilitarianism , ethical hedonism , ethical intuitionism , paradox of hedonism
- Political party
- Liberal Unionist Party
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Skipton
- Place of death
- Terling
- Spouse
- Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Rugby School
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Unitarianism
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Portrait of Henry Sidgwick.jpg
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- Commons category
- Henry Sidgwick
- date of birth
- 1838-05-31
- date of death
- 1900-08-28
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Neto
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Henry Sidgwick, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry Sidgwick (/ˈsɪdʒwɪk/; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence.
He was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research and a member of the Metaphysical Society and promoted the higher education of women.
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