Ludwig Wittgenstein and Adolf Loos met in 1914, at a time when Wittgenstein was donating part of his inherited fortune to artists and cultural figures. The two appeared to share many common views, and Wittgenstein was pleased by the encounter. Paul Engelmann, who later co-designed the house for Wittgenstein’s sister Margaret Stonborough, had been a student of Loos.

Source: Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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In 1906, Wittgenstein completed his schooling in Linz. That same year, Ludwig Boltzmann, Professor of Physics at the University of Vienna, took his own life. There had been some consideration that Wittgenstein might study with Boltzmann. However, independently of Boltzmann’s death, it had already been decided—presumably at his father’s initiative—that Wittgenstein should pursue a technical education. He therefore began studying mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin Charlottenburg.

Source: Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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Hermann Christian Wittgenstein, the grandfather of Ludwig Wittgenstein, is buried in an honorary grave at Mauer Cemetery in Vienna’s 23rd district, along with other members of the family. A nearby street named after him serves as a reminder of the family's legacy.

Source: Janik, A. S., & Veigl, H. (1998). Wittgenstein in Wien: Ein biographischer Streifzug durch die Stadt und ihre Geschichte. Springer.

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Elizabeth Anscombe was a close associate and literary executor of Wittgenstein. Her grave is located in the same cemetery, in close proximity to Wittgenstein’s final resting place.

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Frank Plumpton Ramsey, a mathematician and philosopher, was a close confidant of Wittgenstein and translated his Tractatus into English. In 1923, Ramsey travelled to Puchberg am Schneeberg in Lower Austria, where Wittgenstein was working as a Primary School Teacher, to visit him and discuss the Tractatus. Ramsey died at a young age and, like Wittgenstein, is buried at the Ascension Parish Burial Ground in Cambridge.

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George Edward Moore was the predecessor of Ludwig Wittgenstein in the Chair of Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, a position Wittgenstein assumed in 1939. In 1929, Moore, together with Bertrand Russell, acted as an examiner during the defence of Wittgenstein’s doctoral thesis (Tractatus). Their graves lie only a few metres apart in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground in Cambridge.

Source: Monk, R. (1991). Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. Vintage.

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Margaret Stonborough, a sister of Ludwig Wittgenstein for whom he designed the renowned house in Vienna’s 3rd district, was laid to rest in the cemetery in Gmunden, Upper Austria.

Quelle: Greiner, M. (2018). Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein: Grande Dame der Wiener Moderne. Residenz Verlag.

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In 1946, a philosophical confrontation took place in Cambridge between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper. The incident was later immortalised in the book Wittgenstein’s Poker by David Edmonds and John Eidinow (Ecco, 2001). Karl Popper died in 1994 and was laid to rest in an honorary grave at the Lainz Cemetery in Vienna.

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The Wittgenstein family tomb is located at the Vienna Central Cemetery. The parents of Ludwig Wittgenstein and some of his siblings are buried here.

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s final resting place is in Cambridge.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s final resting place is at the Ascension Parish Burial Ground (formerly St. Giles and St. Peter’s Burial Ground), located just outside the centre of Cambridge. The house at 76 Storey’s Way, where he passed away, is nearby. The gravestone is maintained by the British Wittgenstein Society and is cleaned annually.

Several of Wittgenstein’s close companions are also buried in the same cemetery, including Elizabeth Anscombe, Frank P. Ramsey, and G. E. Moore.

In addition, the cemetery also contains the graves of descendants of the famous evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.

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