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- 1963-1965 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Biographical history
Arthur Joseph (Joe) Wrigley CBE, MD, FRCS, FRCOG (1904-1984) was educated at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and practised at St Thomas's, beginning his career as registrar to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and later becoming obstetric physician. He also offered his services to Mount Vernon Hospital, the Grosvenor Hospital, the Lambeth Hospital, and to the London boroughs of Lambeth and Stoke Newington. He was a Fellow of the College and inventor of the short forceps - "the Wrigley's". He died in 1984.
Archival history
GB 1538 S9 1963-1965 Collection (fonds) 1 folder Wrigley , Arthur Joseph , 1904-1984 , Doctor of Medicine
Arthur Joseph (Joe) Wrigley CBE, MD, FRCS, FRCOG (1904-1984) was educated at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and practised at St Thomas's, beginning his career as registrar to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and later becoming obstetric physician. He also offered his services to Mount Vernon Hospital, the Grosvenor Hospital, the Lambeth Hospital, and to the London boroughs of Lambeth and Stoke Newington. He was a Fellow of the College and inventor of the short forceps - "the Wrigley's". He died in 1984.
Wrigley's letter describing the invention of the forceps was donated to the College by its recipient, Mr David May, in 1994, and passed to the College Archives by the President later that year
Letter from Arthur Joseph Wrigley to David May describing his invention of the Wrigley's forceps, Apr 11 1976, with a covering letter from Mr May dated 27 Feb 1994.
No further accruals are expected.
Wrigley letter open. Accompanying letter open in 2015.
Copyright in Wrigley's letter vested in the estate of Arthur Joseph Wrigley; copyright expires in 2047. Copyright in May's letter is vested in David May; copyright expires in 2065.
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Gynaecology Medical equipment Medical personnel Medical sciences Obstetrics Personnel Scientific equipment Surgeons Surgery Wrigley , Arthur Joseph , 1904-1984 , obstetric physician Equipment People by occupation People
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Wrigley's letter describing the invention of the forceps was donated to the College by its recipient, Mr David May, in 1994, and passed to the College Archives by the President later that year
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Letter from Arthur Joseph Wrigley to David May describing his invention of the Wrigley's forceps, Apr 11 1976, with a covering letter from Mr May dated 27 Feb 1994.
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Wrigley letter open. Accompanying letter open in 2015.
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Copyright in Wrigley's letter vested in the estate of Arthur Joseph Wrigley; copyright expires in 2047. Copyright in May's letter is vested in David May; copyright expires in 2065.
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- English
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- Latin
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
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National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
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- English