PHILOSOPHER

G. E. M. Anscombe

1919 - 2001

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Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (; 18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe or Elizabeth Anscombe, was a British analytic philosopher. She wrote on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and ethics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of G. E. M. Anscombe has received more than 637,190 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). G. E. M. Anscombe is the 875th most popular philosopher (down from 853rd in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 107th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Philosopher.

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  • 640k

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  • 59.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, G. E. M. Anscombe ranks 875 out of 1,267. Before her are Sarah Kofman, Lanza del Vasto, Rudolf Stammler, Francesco Filelfo, Apollodorus the Epicurean, and Anniceris. After her are Hermogenes of Tarsus, Antipater of Tarsus, Édouard Le Roy, Donald Davidson, Johann Heinrich Alsted, and Monimus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, G. E. M. Anscombe ranks 129. Before her are Anne Buydens, Briek Schotte, Werner Goldberg, Rie Mastenbroek, Howard Keel, and Henri Vidal. After her are Félix Gaillard, Pierre Gamarra, Salomon Morel, James H. Wilkinson, Franco Rossi, and Paul Vanden Boeynants. Among people deceased in 2001, G. E. M. Anscombe ranks 109. Before her are Georgy Vitsin, Richard Wurmbrand, Davorin Popović, Henri Alekan, Josef Klaus, and Michel Marcel Navratil. After her are Hans Münch, Charles Helou, Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Vasily Mishin, and Marta Hillers.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, G. E. M. Anscombe ranks 110 out of 549. Before her are Constantine III of Scotland (971), William Brown (1777), Edward Bransfield (1785), John Boland (1870), Roger Casement (1864), and Richard Montgomery (1738). After her are Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Cornelius Ryan (1920), Colm Meaney (1953), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), and Grace O'Malley (1530).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ireland

Among philosophers born in Ireland, G. E. M. Anscombe ranks 5. Before her are George Berkeley (1685), John Scotus Eriugena (810), James Ussher (1581), and John Toland (1670). After her are William Thompson (1775), and Philip Pettit (1945).

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