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During his first term at Cambridge in 1938, he met Ludwig Wittgenstein and attended Wittgenstein's lectures on the philosophical foundations of mathematics throughout 1939. Malcolm remained one of Wittgenstein's closest friends, and his memoir of his time with Wittgenstein, published in 1958, is widely acclaimed as one of the most captivating and most accurate portraits of Wittgenstein's remarkable personality.

After serving in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945, he spent most of his remaining American career at Cornell UniversityCornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a major research university and a member of the Ivy League. Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell, a businessman and a pioneer in the telegraph industry, and Andrew Dickson White, a respected s ( 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na- 1958), then emigrated to BritainThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly.

His works include Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir; Wittgenstein: A Religious Point Of View?; Nothing Is Hidden: Wittgenstein's criticism of his early thought; Problems of Mind: Descartes to Wittgenstein; Studies in the theory of knowledge; Consciousness and causality; Memory and mind; Thought and knowledge; and Wittgensteinian themes (edited by Georg Henrik von WrightGeorg Henrik von Wright ( June 14, 1916 June 16, 2003) was a Finland-Swedish philosopher, who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as professor at the University of Cambridge. von Wright" is pronounced not as rite but as, roughly, vrihkt''. von Wright made sever).