Vincent Wigglesworth was born in 1899. In 1928 he married Mabel Semple (died 1986) and they had three sons and one daughter. During World War I Wigglesworth served in France (1917-1918) he then went on to study at Caius College, Cambridge, 1922 -1924. In 1926 he became Lecturer in Medical Entomology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He followed this with Reader in Entomology at the University of London, 1936 - 1944, and Reader in Entomology at the University of Cambridge, 1945 -1952. He was also Director of the Agricultural Research Council Unit of Insect Physiology, 1943 - 1967, and Quick Professor of Biology at the University of Cambridge, 1952 - 1966. Wigglesworth was knighted in 1964. He lectured to and received honours from universities around the world as well as serving on many public and academic bodies. He died in 1994.