Biography:Mary Rose Barrington
Mary Rose Barrington | |
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| Died | 20 February 2020 (aged 94)[1] |
| Occupation | Parapsychologist |
Mary Rose Barrington (31 January 1926 – 20 February 2020) was a British parapsychologist, barrister and charity administrator.[2]
She was President of the Oxford University Society for Psychical Research, and joined the Society for Psychical Research in 1957, becoming a Council member in 1962.[2] She served on its Spontaneous Cases Committee since the beginning of the committee.[2] In 1995 she was elected as Vice-President of the Society.[2][3]
Outside of her parapsychology work, she supported animal protection and voluntary euthanasia.[2] She was once a chairperson of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society.[4] She appeared in the episode Ripples in Time of the British paranormal documentary television series Ghosthunters.[citation needed]
Partial bibliography
- A World In A Grain Of Sand: The Clairvoyance Of Stefan Ossowiecki, by Ian Stevenson, Zofia Weaver, and Mary Rose Barrington, (2005). ISBN:978-0786421121
- Beyond The Boggle Threshold: Confessions Of A Macro-Addict, in Men and Women of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections, ESPRIT Volume 2, edited by Rosemarie Pilkington, (2013). ISBN:9781938398018
- Swan on a Black Sea: How Much Could Miss Cummins Have Known?. (1966). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. Mary Rose Barrington. Volume 43. pp. 289–300.
- "Apologia for Suicide," by Mary Rose Barrington, in "Suicide, The Philosophical Issues", edited by M. Pabst Battin and David l. Mayo. New York: St. Martins Press. 1981. ISBN:978-0720605792
References
- ↑ Mulacz, Peter (2020). "Mary Rose Barrington, M. A. (1926 –2020)". The Journal of Parapsychology 84 (1). doi:10.30891/jopar2020.01.02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Trustees and Officers". spr.ac.uk. http://www.spr.ac.uk/page/trustees-and-officers-psychical-research.
- ↑ "Mary Rose Barrington (1926-2020)". THE SOCIETY for Psychical Research. https://www.spr.ac.uk/news/mary-rose-barrington-19262020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ↑ Herbert Hendin (February 1, 1996). Suicide in America. W.W. Norton. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-0-393-31368-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=AkxRiZ701OwC&pg=PA239.
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