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Dr. Alfred Edgar Wigg (2 February 1857 – 1 May 1914) was a prominent South Australian medical practitioner born in North Adelaide. His father, Edgar Smith Wigg (7 June 1818 – 15 October 1899) of Tunstall, Suffolk came to South Australia in May 1810, and founded the successful E. S. Wigg and Son bookshop in Rundle Street.〔(Death of Mr. E. S. Wigg ) ''South Australian Register'' 16 October 1899 p.6 accessed 18 April 2011〕 He was a prize-winning pupil at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and studied Medicine at Adelaide University and University College London and in Europe, returning to Australia in 1882.〔(Physician's sudden death ) ''The Register'' Monday 4 May 1914 p.9 accessed 17 April 2011.〕 with qualifications M.R.C.S., L.R.C.S. and M.D. (Brux).〔(Obituaries ) ''British Medical Journal'' 9 May 1914 p.1050 accessed 19 April 2011〕 He lived for some time on Sydenham Road and practised in Norwood until 1913, when he retired. He was an honorary member of the staff of Adelaide Children's Hospital for over 30 years; for much of the time a board member and its senior surgeon. He was chairman of the Dental Board in 1903. He was founding chairman, and at one stage president, of the East Torrens Bowling Club. ==Family== He married Edith Caroline Parnham 24 June 1884.〔(Marriages ) ''(Melbourne) Argus'' Saturday 5 July 1884 p.1 accessed 19 April 2011〕 They had three daughters: :(Winifred) Olive Wigg, born on 23 Jun 1885, married J(ohn) Stanley Murray 8 June 1910〔() ''The Register'' 30 June 1910 p.11 accessed 19 April 2011〕 :Doris Edith Wigg (21 Dec 1888 – 29 Sep 1891) :Phyllis Miriam Wigg, born on 6 Sep 1892, married Collier Robert Cudmore on 27 April 1922〔(Marriages ) ''The Advertiser'' 13 June 1922 p.6 accessed 19 April 2011〕 He died of heart failure at Harrington Gardens, South Kensington in London, where he was attempting a rest cure, with his wife and daughter, Phyllis. His other daughter, Mrs. J. Stanley Murray also survived him. He was survived by brothers E. Neale Wigg, who was living in London at the time, and Dr. Henry Higham Wigg, and sisters Mrs. W. L. Davidson (née Mary Jane Wigg), Ellen Deborah Wigg (born 9 Jan 1863) and Florence Fanny Wigg (born 29 May 1864).〔(Personal ) ''Advertiser'' 4 May 1914 p.8 accessed 19 April 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Edgar Wigg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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