Mary Rose Barrington
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| Born | 31 January 1926 |
| 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Mulacz, Peter (2020). "Mary Rose Barrington, M. A. (1926 –2020)". The Journal of Parapsychology. 84 (1). doi:10.30891/jopar2020.01.02 (inactive 31 January 2024). ProQuest 2410490285.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - ^ a b c d e "Trustees and Officers". spr.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Mary Rose Barrington (1926-2020)". THE SOCIETY for Psychical Research. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ Herbert Hendin (1 February 1996). Suicide in America. W.W. Norton. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-0-393-31368-0.
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