Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889 to 1951
13 documented presences
10 places
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Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austro-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Ludwig Wittgenstein was documented, and when
26 April 1889exact date
Viennaattested
“Wittgenstein was born at 8:30 on 26 April 1889 in the "Villa Wittgenstein" at what became Neuwaldegger Straße 38 in the suburban parish Neuwaldegg outside Vienna.”
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23 October 1906exact date
Charlottenburgattested
“Wittgenstein began his studies in mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule Berlin in Charlottenburg, Berlin, on 23 October 1906, lodging with the family of Professor Jolles.”
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23 October 1906exact date
Technische Universität Berlinattested
“Wittgenstein began his studies in mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule Berlin in Charlottenburg, Berlin, on 23 October 1906, lodging with the family of Professor Jolles.”
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18 October 1911exact date
Trinity College, Cambridgeattested
“He wrote: Wittgenstein wanted to study with Frege, but Frege suggested he attend the University of Cambridge to study under Russell, so on 18 October 1911 Wittgenstein arrived unannounced at Russell's rooms in Trinity College.”
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8 October 1913exact date
Norwayattested
“Most of what they found in the stores was not minimalist enough for Wittgenstein's aesthetics: He wrote in May 1912 that Wittgenstein had just begun to study the history of philosophy: The last time they saw each other was on 8 October 1…”
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8 October 1913exact date
Birminghamattested
“Most of what they found in the stores was not minimalist enough for Wittgenstein's aesthetics: He wrote in May 1912 that Wittgenstein had just begun to study the history of philosophy: The last time they saw each other was on 8 October 1…”
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25 August 1919exact date
Viennaattested
“He returned to his family in Vienna on 25 August 1919, by all accounts physically and mentally spent.”
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September 1924month
Trattenbachattested
“Ramsey wrote to John Maynard Keynes: He moved schools again in September 1924, this time to Otterthal, near Trattenbach; the socialist headmaster, Josef Putre, was someone Wittgenstein had become friends with while at Trattenbach.”
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September 1924month
Otterthalattested
“Ramsey wrote to John Maynard Keynes: He moved schools again in September 1924, this time to Otterthal, near Trattenbach; the socialist headmaster, Josef Putre, was someone Wittgenstein had become friends with while at Trattenbach.”
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1936 to 1937period
Norwayattested
“From 1936 to 1937, Wittgenstein lived again in Norway, where he worked on the Philosophical Investigations.”
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1938year
Irelandattested
“In 1938, he travelled to Ireland to visit Maurice O'Connor Drury, a friend who became a psychiatrist, and considered such training himself, with the intention of abandoning philosophy for it.”
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1938year
Cambridgeattested
“Norman Malcolm, at the time a post-graduate research fellow at Cambridge, describes his first impressions of Wittgenstein in 1938: Describing Wittgenstein's lecture programme, Malcolm continues: After work, the philosopher would often re…”
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11 February 1950exact date
Viennaattested
“He spent the next two months in Vienna, where his sister Hermine died on 11 February 1950; he went to see her every day, but she was hardly able to speak or recognize him.”
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Places Ludwig Wittgenstein is documented in
Vienna3 presences · 1889 to 1950Norway2 presences · 1913 to 1936Birmingham1 presence · 1913Cambridge1 presence · 1938Charlottenburg1 presence · 1906Ireland1 presence · 1938Trinity College, Cambridge1 presence · 1911
Otterthal1 presence · 1924
Technische Universität Berlin1 presence · 1906
Trattenbach1 presence · 1924
Other places tied to Ludwig Wittgenstein in the record
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1898 to 1922period
Netherlandsmentioned
“As a result of his decision in 1898 to invest substantially in the Netherlands and in Switzerland as well as overseas, particularly in the US, the family was to an extent shielded from the hyperinflation that hit Austria in 1922.”
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1898 to 1922period
Switzerlandmentioned
“As a result of his decision in 1898 to invest substantially in the Netherlands and in Switzerland as well as overseas, particularly in the US, the family was to an extent shielded from the hyperinflation that hit Austria in 1922.”
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May 1902month
Chesapeake Baymentioned
“But he died in mysterious circumstances in May 1902, when he ran away to the US and disappeared from a boat in Chesapeake Bay, most likely having committed suicide.”
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1904 to 1905period
Linzmentioned
“Hitler left Linz in 1904 to spend the 1904/1905 academic year at the Realschule in Steyr.”
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1904 to 1905period
Steyrmentioned
“Hitler left Linz in 1904 to spend the 1904/1905 academic year at the Realschule in Steyr.”
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1911year
University of Jenamentioned
“In the summer of 1911 he visited Frege at the University of Jena to show him some philosophy of mathematics and logic he had written, and to ask whether it was worth pursuing.”
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1912year
Cambridgementioned
“The men worked together on experiments in the psychology laboratory about the role of rhythm in the appreciation of music, and Wittgenstein delivered a paper on the subject to the British Psychological Association in Cambridge in 1912.”
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1913year
Icelandmentioned
“In addition to Iceland, Wittgenstein and Pinsent travelled to Norway in 1913.”
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1914year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1914, it had been providing him with an income of 300,000 Kronen a year, but by 1919 was worth a great deal more, with a sizable portfolio of investments in the United States and the Netherlands.”
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April 1914month
Norwaymentioned
“At Wittgenstein's insistence, Moore, who was now a Cambridge don, visited him in Norway in April 1914, reluctantly because Wittgenstein exhausted him.”
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11 June 1915exact date
Tarnówmentioned
“In his entry from 11 June 1915, Wittgenstein states that and on 8 July that He discovered Leo Tolstoy's 1896 The Gospel in Brief at a bookshop in Tarnów, and carried it everywhere, recommending it to anyone in distress, to the point wher…”
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1918 to 1938period
Viennamentioned
“However, their wealth diminished due to post-1918 hyperinflation and subsequently during the Great Depression, although even as late as 1938 they owned 13 mansions in Vienna alone.”
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1920year
Trattenbachmentioned
“In response, his brother Paul wrote: In 1920, Wittgenstein was given his first job as a primary school teacher in Trattenbach, under his real name, in a remote village of a few hundred people.”
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October 1921month
Trattenbachmentioned
“His first letters describe it as beautiful, but, in October 1921, he wrote to Russell: "I am still at Trattenbach, surrounded, as ever, by odiousness and baseness.”
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1926year
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1931year
1933 to 1934period
July 1938month
July 1939month
July 1939month
September 1941month
September 1941month
1942year
Documented at the same place, the same year
E. H. CarrTrinity College, Cambridge · 1911Friedrich HayekVienna · 1950Rosalind FranklinCambridge · 1938Lawrence BraggCambridge · 1938Chaim HerzogCambridge · 1938Adolf HitlerAustria-Hungary · 1889Charles I of AustriaAustria-Hungary · 1889Jean SibeliusAustria-Hungary · 1889Houston Stewart ChamberlainAustria-Hungary · 1889Friedrich von WieserAustria-Hungary · 1889Hans KelsenVienna · 1919Béla GuttmannVienna · 1919
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