Henry Sidgwick

Henry Sidgwick
Sidgwick photographed by Elliott & Fry
Born	(1838-05-31)31 May 1838 Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Died	28 August 1900(1900-08-28) (aged 62) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	English
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Utilitarianism
Institutions	University of Cambridge
Main interests	Economics, ethics, political philosophy
Notable ideas	Average and total utilitarianism, ethical hedonism, ethical intuitionism, paradox of hedonism

Henry Sidgwick (/ˈsɪdʒwɪk/; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist.^[1] He was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death, and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics.^[2] He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research and a member of the Metaphysical Society and promoted the higher education of women.^[3] His work in economics has also had a lasting influence. In 1875, with Millicent Garrett Fawcett, he co-founded Newnham College, a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was the second Cambridge college to admit women, after Girton College. In 1856, Sidgwick joined the Cambridge Apostles intellectual secret society.