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RefNoEC/1939/19
Previous numbersCert XIV, 287; A55861
LevelItem
TitleWigglesworth, Sir Vincent Brian: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationDistinguished for his researches on the physiology of insects. His work is characterised by originality of outlook and ingenuity of technique. Especially notable are his papers on digestion and on the formation of the peritrophic membrane; on tracheal respiration; on excretion and water conservation; and on the corpora allata and factors controlling ecdysis, metamorphosis and reproduction. A list of 44 papers is attached; these have appeared in Proc Roy Soc B, 1924-1935; Biochemical Journal, 1927-1928; QJMS, 1930-1936; Journ Experimental Biology, 1933-1937
ProposersJ Gray; A D Imms; F Gowland Hopkins; H Munro Fox; Lancelot Hogben; W R Thompson; Guy A K Marshall; C F A Pantin; F H A Marshall
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Wigglesworth, Sir Vincent Brian: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA2118Wigglesworth; Sir; Vincent Brian (1899 - 1994)1899 - 1994
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