Tony Wrigley

British historical demographer (1931-2022)

Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley FBA (17 August 1931 – 24 February 2022) was a British historical demographer. Wrigley and Peter Laslett co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure in 1964.[1] Wrigley was born in Manchester, England.[2]

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[3]

In 1960, Wrigley married Mieke Spelberg.[4] He died on 24 February 2022, at the age of 90.[5]

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  1. "The Times, 17 August 2009". Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. Biography of Edward Anthony Wrigley in The British Academy
  3. "Tony Wrigley (Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley)". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  4. Wrigley, E. A. (1972). Private Choice and Public Policy: The Essex Hall Lecture 1972 (PDF). The Lindsey Press.
  5. "Professor Sir Tony Wrigley PhD FBA m.1949". Peterhouse Cambridge. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.