Wrigley, Sir Edward Anthony (1931–)
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A pioneer in the development of demographic history in Britain, Wrigley co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure and introduced to Britain French techniques of demographic reconstruction.
- Forenames:
- Edward Anthony
- Surname:
- Wrigley
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1931–
- Institutions:
- Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
London School of Economics
University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College) - Significant posts:
- Professor of Population Studies, London School of Economics
Master, University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College) - Contemporaries:
- Laslett, Peter
- Themes:
- Demographic history
Economic history
Bibliography
Significant publications
- E. A. Wrigley and Roger Schofield, The Population History of England, 1541–1871: a Reconstruction (London, 1981)
- E. A. Wrigley, People, Cities and Wealth: the Transformation of Traditional Society (Oxford, 1987)
Other reading
- E. A. Wrigley, 'Small-scale but not parochial : the work of the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure', Family and Community History, 1 (1998), 27–36
