Arthur Joseph Wrigley
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Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, Wrigley was the elder son of the Rev. Canon Joseph Henry Wrigley, Vicar of Clitheroe, and Alice Hyde Bartlett. He was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Rossall School before attending St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London.[1][2]
In 1930 he married Ann Slater (d 1976), with whom he had one son and one daughter.[1]
Career
Wrigley joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Thomas's Hospital in 1933 and rose to become head of the department in 1946. He also worked at the General Lying-In Hospital.[1][2]
He was an examiner in midwifery and women's diseases for several universities and served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. As an adviser to the Ministry of Health from 1953 to 1965, he contributed to the first four Reports on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in England and Wales, which helped to improve maternity care and reduce rates of maternal and perinatal mortality.[3]