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Authorised form of nameWigglesworth; Sir; Vincent Brian (1899 - 1994)
Dates1899 - 1994
Date of birth17 April 1899
Date of death11/02/1994
ActivityCareer:
Lecturer in Medical Entomology
Honours:
CBE 1951; Kt 1964
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1939
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1955
Lectures:
Croonian 1948; Tercentenary 1960
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 539-553, plate, by Michael Locke
CodeNA2118
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/GA/WS/3719Wigglesworth, Sir Vincent Briannd
IM/GA/WRS/8724Wigglesworth, Sir Vincent Briannd
RR/69/324Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The effects of selective breeding on the laboratory propagation of insect parasites' by A Wilkes1946
RR/29/70Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The relation between the phosphate in blood and urine' by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth and C E WoodrowOctober 1923
RR/31/85Referee's report by John Beresford Leathes, on a paper 'Uric Acid in the Pieridæ : A quantitative study' by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth24 September 1924
RR/69/107Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The structure of insect cuticles' by G Fraenkel and K M RudallSeptember 1945
RR/69/88Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The occurrence and significance of phenolic hardening in the newly formed cuticle of Crustacea Decapoda' by Ralph Dennell1946
RR/69/273Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Variation and structure of the eyes in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål)' by Mithan Lal Roonwal1946
RR/69/323Referee's report by Augustus Daniel Imms, on a paper 'The epicuticle in an insect, Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera)' by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth25 January 1946
RR/57/50Referee's report by Claude Gordon Douglas, on a paper 'The regulation of respiration in the flea, xenopsylla cheopis, Roths. (Pulicidea)' by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth[July 1935]
RR/67/429Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Ionic regulation in Carcinus maenas' by D A WebbApril 1940
RR/71/236Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Shape and molecular orientation in lepidopteran scales' by L E R Picken1948
RR/68/488Letter from Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'Shape in relation to fine structure in the bristles of Drosophila melanogaster' by Anthony David Lees and L E R Picken15 May 1944
RR/68/453Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'On competition between different species of graminivorous insects' by A C Crombie[1944]
RR/68/411Referee's report by David Keilin, on a paper 'The fate of haemoglobin in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera) and other blood-sucking arthropods' by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth[1943]
RR/68/416Letter to Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, regarding a paper 'The biological activity of phenolic compounds. The effect of surface active substances upon the penetration of hexyl resorcinol into Ascaris lumbricoides var. suis' by A E Alexander and A R Trim20 December 1944
RR/68/497Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The ecological determinants of population growth in a Drosophila culture. II. Circumstances affecting egg viability' by Forbes W Robertson and James H Sang[1944]
RR/69/294Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The influence of maternal physiology on the incidence of diapause' by F J Simmonds1946
RR/68/454Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Further experiments on insect competition' by A C Crombie[1944]
RR/68/430Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Chemoreceptivity of Drosophila melanogaster' by Michael Begg and Lancelot Thomas Hogben[1944]
RR/68/492Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'On the inheritance of food effects in a flour beetle, Tribolium destructor' by J M Reynolds[1944]
RR/68/417Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The biological activity of phenolic compounds. The effect of surface active substances upon the penetration of hexyl resorcinol into Ascaris lumbricoides var. suis' by A E Alexander and A R Trim[1944]
RR/69/106Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The structure of insect cuticles' by G Fraenkel and K M Rudall to James Gray19 September 1945
RR/68/489Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Shape in relation to fine structure in the bristles of Drosophila melanogaster' by Anthony David Lees and L E R Picken[1944]
NLB/65/430Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS31 October 1923
NLB/65/264Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS1 October 1923
NLB/65/432Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick Gowland] Hopkins, FRS31 October 1923
RR/28/92Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The effect of reaction changes on human inorganic metabolism' by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Vincent Brian Wigglesworth and C E Woodrow[October 1923]
RR/44/131Referee's report by Augustus Daniel Imms, on a paper 'The extent of air in the tracheoles of some terrestrial insects' by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth12 October 1931
RR/71/1Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'Structure and development of the reproductive system of some species of Nematocera (order Diptera: suborder Nematocera)' by S E Abul-Nasr[1948]
NLB/65/433Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick Gowland] Hopkins, FRS31 October 1923
EC/1939/19Wigglesworth, Sir Vincent Brian: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/68/93Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The resistance to desiccation of Drosophila mutants affecting body colour' by Hans Kalmus[April 1941]
RR/71/2Letter from Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, to Mr Graddon, regarding a paper 'Structure and development of the reproductive system of some species of Nematocera (order Diptera: suborder Nematocera)' by S E Abul-Nasr18 August 1949
RR/28/107Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The effect of reaction changes on human carbohydrate and oxygen metabolism' by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Vincent Brian Wigglesworth and C E Woodrow[October 1923]
RR/42/78Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'A theory of tracheal respiration in insects' by Vincent Brian WigglesworthFebruary 1930
RR/44/132Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'The extent of air in the tracheoles of some terrestrial insects' by Vincent Brian WigglesworthOctober 1931
RR/47/67Referee's report by Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall, on a paper 'The climbing organ of an insect, Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera; Reduviidœ)' by J D Gillett and Vincent Brian WigglesworthJune 1932
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