Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900), was a British philosopher and teacher. His best-known philosophical work, The Methods of Ethics (1874), defends a utilitarian position (see Utilitarianism ). Sidgwick wrote about economics in several books, notably Principles of Political Economy (1883).
Sidgwick was born on May 31, 1838, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Rugby school and then at Trinity College, Cambridge University, from 1855 to 1859. He taught at Trinity from 1859 until his death. Sidgwick was appointed Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge in 1883. He was a founding member of the Society for Psychical Research and president of the organization from 1882 to 1885 and again from 1888 to 1893. Sidgwick advocated education for women and helped to found Newnham College for women at Cambridge in 1879. Sidgwick died on Aug. 29, 1900.
