Mary rose Barrington
Born(1926-01-31)31 January 1926
Died20 February 2020(2020-02-20) (aged 94)[1]
OccupationParapsychologist

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.

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

  1. ↑ Mulacz, Peter (2020). "Mary Rose Barrington, M. A. (1926 –2020)". The Journal of Parapsychology. 84 (1). doi:10.30891/jopar2020.01.02 (inactive 1 August 2023). ProQuest 2410490285.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023 (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Trustees and Officers". spr.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mary Rose Barrington (1926-2020)". THE SOCIETY for Psychical Research. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Herbert Hendin (1 February 1996). Suicide in America. W.W. Norton. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-0-393-31368-0.


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