1913 - 1988
Herbert Paul Grice (13 March 1913 – 28 August 1988), usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British philosopher of language. He is best known for his theory of implicature and the cooperative principle (with its namesake Gricean maxims), which became foundational concepts in the linguistic field of pragmatics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Grice has received more than 461,948 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Paul Grice is the 410th most popular philosopher (down from 389th in 2019), the 822nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Philosopher.
Paul Grice is most famous for his four maxims of conversation. These are: 1) Be clear, 2) Be brief, 3) Be orderly, and 4) Be relevant.
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Among philosophers, Paul Grice ranks 410 out of 1,081. Before him are Nasir Khusraw, Francis Hutcheson, Jyotirao Phule, Ágnes Heller, Étienne Cabet, and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach. After him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Linji Yixuan, Ban Zhao, Boetius of Dacia, Alain de Lille, and Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
1004 - 1088
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 404
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 405
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 406
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 407
1788 - 1856
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 408
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 409
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 410
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 411
850 - 866
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 412
45 - 115
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 413
1240 - 1284
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 414
1117 - 1202
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 415
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 416
Among people born in 1913, Paul Grice ranks 55. Before him are Muddy Waters, Aimé Césaire, Vinicius de Moraes, Mary Ainsworth, Richard Stone, and Stanley Kramer. After him are Gerda Christian, Irwin Shaw, Sergey Mikhalkov, Xi Zhongxun, Otto Wichterle, and Jan Kubiš. Among people deceased in 1988, Paul Grice ranks 26. Before him are Felix Wankel, John Holmes, Clifford D. Simak, Luis Barragán, André Frédéric Cournand, and Tibor Sekelj. After him are Klaus Fuchs, Muzafer Sherif, Franz Josef Strauss, Farida of Egypt, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Raj Kapoor.
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 49
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 50
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 51
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 52
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 53
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 54
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 55
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 56
1913 - 1984
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 57
1913 - 2009
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 58
1913 - 2002
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 59
1913 - 1998
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 60
1913 - 1942
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 61
1902 - 1988
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 20
1944 - 1988
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 21
1904 - 1988
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 22
1902 - 1988
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 23
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 24
1912 - 1988
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 25
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 26
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 27
1906 - 1988
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 28
1915 - 1988
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 29
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 30
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 31
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 32
Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Grice ranks 822 out of 7,765. Before him are Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Rex Harrison (1908), Leonora Carrington (1917), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Mary Kingsley (1862), and Denis Thatcher (1915). After him are Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Charlotte Cooper (1870), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Mary Mallon (1869), W. O. Bentley (1888), and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982).
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 816
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 817
1917 - 2011
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 818
1889 - 1982
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 819
1862 - 1900
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 820
1915 - 2003
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 821
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 822
1508 - 1549
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 823
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 824
1031 - 1093
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 825
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 826
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 827
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 828
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Paul Grice ranks 26. Before him are A. S. Neill (1883), E. H. Carr (1892), J. L. Austin (1911), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John of Salisbury (1110), and Francis Hutcheson (1694). After him are Alan Watts (1915), Adam Ferguson (1723), Roger Scruton (1944), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), A. J. Ayer (1910), and Harriet Taylor Mill (1807).
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 20
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 21
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 22
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 23
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 24
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 25
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 26
1915 - 1973
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 27
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 28
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 29
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 30
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 31
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 32