Henry Sidgwick Philosopher

Henry Sidgwick (/ˈsɪdʒwɪk/; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. 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. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence. He also founded Newnham College in Cambridge in 1875. Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College. The co-founder of the college was Millicent Garrett Fawcett. He joined the Cambridge Apostles intellectual secret society in 1856.

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Birth date	May 31, 1838
Birth place	Yorkshire , Skipton
Date of death	August 28, 1900
Place of death	Cambridge
Era	19th-century philosophy
Main interest	Ethics Politics

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influenced	Mordecai Kaplan Peter Singer J. J. C. Smart Alfred Marshall Derek Parfit R. M. Hare Hastings Rashdall John Rawls
influenced by	David Hume John Stuart Mill Jeremy Bentham
notable idea	Hedonism Paradox of hedonism
philosophical school	Utilitarianism