Sir Geoffrey James Warnock (16 August 1923 – 8 October 1995)[ 1] philosopher and Vice-Chancellor ofOxford University .[ 2] knighthood (in the 1986New Year Honours ), he was commonly known asG. J. Warnock .
Warnock was born at Neville House,Chapel Allerton ,Leeds , WestYorkshire , to James Warnock (1880–1953),OBE , ageneral practitioner fromNorthern Ireland who had been a Captain in theRoyal Army Medical Corps ,[ 3] Grade II-listed [ 4] Sutton Courtenay , Oxfordshire (historicallyBerkshire ).[ 5] [ 6]
Warnock was educated atWinchester College .[ 1] Irish Guards until 1945, before enteringNew College, Oxford , with a deferredclassics scholarship. At New College, he read for a degree inPPE , graduating with a first in 1948.[ 7] Isaiah Berlin andH. L. A. Hart .[ 7]
He was elected to a Fellowship atMagdalen College, Oxford , in 1949. After spending three years atBrasenose College , he returned to Magdalen as aFellow and tutor in philosophy. In 1970, he was elected toPrincipal ofHertford College, Oxford (1971–1988), where there is now a society and student house named after him.[ 8] Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1981 to 1985.[ 2]
Warnock, with co-editorJ. O. Urmson , prepared for posthumous 1961 publication thePhilosophical Papers of their friend, and fellow Oxfordlinguistic philosopher ,J. L. Austin .[ 9] Sense and Sensibilia [ 10]
Warnock marriedMary Wilson , a fellow philosopher ofSt Hugh's College, Oxford , and later Baroness Warnock, in 1949. They had two sons and three daughters.[ 11] [ 12] Marlborough, Wiltshire , in 1988 and died of degenerative lung disease in 1995[ 13] Axford in Wiltshire.
Books
English Philosophy Since 1900 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 . 1983J. L. Austin (The Arguments of the Philosophers) ,Routledge , 1989.Papers
For a more complete list of Warnock's works see hisPhilPapers entry .
^a b Torrance, John (16 October 1995)."Obituary: Sir Geoffrey Warnock — Obituaries, News" .The Independent . Retrieved23 December 2010 . ^a b "Previous Vice-Chancellors" .University of Oxford , UK. Archived fromthe original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved14 July 2011 .^ 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. Retrieved21 March 2019 .^ "Warnock, Sir Geoffrey James" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/60440 . Retrieved21 March 2019 .(Subscription orUK 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 ^a b Gardiner, Patrick (15 October 1995)."OBITUARY: Sir Geoffrey Warnock" .The Independent . Retrieved11 January 2024 .^ Geoffrey Warnock student accommodation Archived 1 October 2005 at theWayback Machine ,Hertford College, Oxford , UK.^ Austin, J. L. (1961). Urmson, J. O.; Warnock, G. J. (eds.).Philosophical Papers OL 5843510M . ^ Austin, J. L. (John Langshaw) (1964).Sense and Sensibilia ISBN 978-0-19-500307-9 ^ "Belief transcript: Mary Warnock interview" .archived at the Wayback Machine, 6 February 2007 . Archived fromthe original on 6 February 2007.^ "House of Lords" . TheyWorkForYou. 25 July 2013. Retrieved3 August 2013 .^ "Mary Warnock" . The Gifford Lectures. 18 August 2014. Archived fromthe original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved22 March 2019 .
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