Tony Wrigley

British historical demographer (1931-2022) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 90

Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley was a British historical demographer. Wrigley and Peter Laslett co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure in 1964.

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2022Died24 February 20222005Leverhulme MedalAward1997Founder’s MedalAward1996Knight BachelorAward1931Born17 August 1931

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Wrigley, c. 1980s

Awards

Leverhulme Medal2005

Founder’s Medal1997

Knight Bachelor1996

Fellow of the British Academy

Honorary Doctor of the University of Leicester

Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh

Honorary Doctor of the University of Bristol

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