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| Geoffrey Warnock | |
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| Born | 1923 England |
| Died | 1995 England |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Known for | Philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University |
| Title | Sir |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Warnock |
| Children | 5 |
Sir Geoffrey James Warnock (1923–1995) was a philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Before his knighthood (in the 1986 New Year's Honours List) he was commonly known as G. J. Warnock.
He was educated at Winchester College. Warnock then served with the Irish Guards until 1945, before entering New College with a classics scholarship. He was elected to a Fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1949. After spending three years at Brasenose College, he returned to Magdalen as a Fellow and tutor in philosophy. In 1970, he was elected to Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, where there is now a society and student house named after him. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1981 to 1985.
Warnock married Mary Warnock, a philosophy fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford and later Baroness Warnock, in 1949. They had two sons and three daughters. He retired to live near Marlborough in 1988 and died in 1995.
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Works
- Berkeley, Penguin Books, 1953
- English Philosophy Since 1900, 1st edition Oxford University Press, 1958; 2nd Edition Oxford University Press, 1969
- The Object of Morality, Methuen, 1971 ISBN 0416137806
In popular culture
The mainly Cambridge University educated Monty Python lampooned Warnock and Cartesian scepticism and its axiom "I think therefore I am" in a sketch in the Monty Python papperbok. Sending up also the genre device of genius detective and less intellectually accomplished subordinate , to Inspector Descartes' exasperation, Sergeant Warnock utters the line "I think he's guilty therefore he is" .
See also
External links
- Photograph of Geoffrey and Mary Warnock by Steve Pyke
- Geoffrey Warnock student accommodation at Hertford College, Oxford
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| Preceded by Sir Rex Richards | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1981–1985 | Succeeded by Lord Neill of Bladen |
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