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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Professor Sarah Jean Broadie 1941-2021

 Professor Sarah Broadie, OBE, FBA, FRSE, who died 8 August, 2021, aged 79, was a scion of the Waterlow baronets.

Sarah Broadie was Professor of Moral Philosophy and Wardlaw Professor at the University of St Andrews. Broadie specialised in ancient philosophy, with a particular emphasis on Aristotle and Plato. Her work engages with metaphysics and both ancient and contemporary ethics. She has achieved numerous honours throughout her career as an academic philosopher. Broadie studied Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 1960. Previously she has worked at the University of Edinburgh, University of Texas at Austin, Yale, Rutgers, and Princeton.

She was born 3 Nov, 1941, daughter of John Conrad Waterlow, CMG [1916-2010], and his wife the former Angela Pauline Cecil Gray [1916-2006], and married in 1984, Frederick Broadie [1913-2009]. No issue.

Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Bt [1822-1906] > George Waterlow [1855-1922] > Sir Sydney Waterlow, Kt [1878-1944] > John Waterlow [1916-2010] > Sarah Waterlow [1941-2021]

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