Mary Rose Barrington (31 January 1926 – 20 February 2020) was a

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and charity administrator. She was President of the Oxford University Society for Psychical Research, and joined the

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in 1957, becoming a Council member in 1962. She served on its Spontaneous Cases Committee since the beginning of the committee. In 1995 she was elected as Vice-President of the Society. Outside of her parapsychology work, she supported animal protection and

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. She was once a chairperson of the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society. 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

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, 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

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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.

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