biography
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Wigglesworth, Sir Vincent (Brian)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1899–1994)
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| biography:
| Entomologist, born in Kirkham, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He studied at Cambridge and St Thomas' Hospital, taught entomology at London (1926, 1936–44), then moved to Cambridge, where he became professor of biology (1952–66) and director of the Agricultural Research Unit of Insect Physiology (1943–67). He investigated the role of hormones in the growth of insects, and carried out detailed studies on the function of body-parts, often involving organ transplantation. He was knighted in 1964. |
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