Anscombe, (Gertrude) Elizabeth (Margaret) (1919–2001)

English philosopher, considered one of the most distinguished philosophers of the later 20th century. She contributed to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and ethics. Her most notable works include Intention (1957) and An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus (1959), while the paper ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’ (1958) revived an interest in Aristotelian theories of ethics.

Anscombe graduated from University of Oxford in 1941. She went on to teach there and at several other universities, becoming professor of philosophy at University of Cambridge in 1970. Three volumes of her Collected Papers were published in 1981.