Mary Rose Barrington Explained
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).
- 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).
- 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.
Notes and References
- Mulacz. Peter. Mary Rose Barrington, M. A. (1926 –2020). The Journal of Parapsychology. 84. 1. 2020 . 10.30891/jopar2020.01.02. 31 January 2024 . .
- Web site: Trustees and Officers. spr.ac.uk. 2015-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223113910/http://www.spr.ac.uk/page/trustees-and-officers-psychical-research. 2015-02-23. dead.
- Web site: Mary Rose Barrington (1926-2020) . THE SOCIETY for Psychical Research . 22 February 2020.
- Book: Herbert Hendin. Suicide in America. February 1, 1996. W.W. Norton. 978-0-393-31368-0. 239–.
