Sir Vincent WigglesworthArticle Free Pass Sir Vincent
Wigglesworth, (born April 17, 1899, Kirkham, Lancashire,
Eng.—died Feb. 11, 1994, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), English
entomologist, noted for his contribution to the study of insect
physiology. His investigations of the living insect body and its
tissues and organs revealed much about the dynamic complexity of
individual insects and their interactions with the environment.
His Insect Physiology (1934) is often considered the foundation
for this branch of entomology. After military service in France
during World War I, Wigglesworth completed his education at the
University of Cambridge and St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. He
lectured in medical entomology at the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine and later was reader in entomology first
at the University of London, then at Cambridge. In 1943 he was
appointed director of the Agricultural Research Council Unit of
Insect Physiology in Cambridge. He was knighted in 1964. Among
Wigglesworth’s most sig