Paul Grice was a famous philosopher of language whose work was very influential in many areas of linguistics. Born in 1913 in Birmingham, England, he was the son of Herbert Grice, a businessman and musician. As an undergraduate, he earned high honors from Corpus Christi College. After finishing graduate school, he was appointed as a lecturer at Oxford in the field of philosophy. During World War II, however, he served in the British military for about five years. One of his greatest contributions was to the study of language and communication. His article “Meaning” was written in 1948, but he did not have it published until 1957. This article was foundational in the study of language and communication. In 1967, he left Oxford to take a job at UC Berkeley and retired from there in 1979. In addition to being a great scholar, he was excellent at cricket and chess.