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Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900)

Sidgwick, Henry. A distinguished English philosopher and political economist; born at Skipton, Yorkshire, May 31, 1838; died at Cambridge, Aug. 28, 1900. He was professor of moral philosophy at Cambridge, and did much for the promotion of higher education of women, having assisted in the foundation of Newnham College. His works include: ‘The Methods of Ethics’ (1874); ‘The Principles of Political Economy’ (1883), one of the most important works on the subject; ‘Outlines of the History of Ethics’ (1886); etc.