What is Mary Midgley?
[[File:Mary Midgley.JPG|right|200px]] '''Mary Beatrice Midgley''' (née '''Scrutton'''; 13 September 1919 &ndash; 10 October 2018) was a British philosopher. She was born in [[London]]. She was a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at [[Newcastle University]]. Midgley was known for her work on science, ethics and [[animal rights]]. She wrote her first book, ''Beast And Man'' (1978). Midgley wrote 15 other books, including ''Animals and Why They Matter'' (1983), ''Wickedness'' (1984), ''The Ethical Primate'' (1994), ''Evolution as a Religion'' (1985), and ''Science as Salvation'' (1992). Her autobiography, ''The Owl of Minerva'', was published in 2005. Midgley died on 10 October 2018 in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[North East England]] at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heal|first1=Jane|title=Mary Midgley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/12/mary-midgley-obituary|work=The Guardian|date=12 October 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iots/all Science in the 20th Century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217035907/http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iots/all |date=2015-02-17 }}, 5 November 1998, BBC Radio program In Our Time {{DEFAULTSORT:Midgley, Mary}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:British philosophers]] [[Category:British autobiographers]] [[Category:Animal rights activists]] [[Category:Writers from London]] {{bio-stub}}