Alfred Edgar Wigg

Alfred Edgar Wigg (2 February 1857 – 1 May 1914) was a 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.

[1] He was a prize-winning pupil at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution and studied medicine at the University of Adelaide and University College London and in Europe, returning to Australia in 1882.

[3] He lived for some time on Sydenham Road and practised in Norwood until 1913, when he retired.

He was founding chairman, and at one stage president, of the East Torrens Bowling Club.

1887 Wigg family at 'Wockwalla', their summer residence at Bridgewater. Standing (from left): William Davidson, Nellie Wigg, Annie Wigg, E.S.Wigg. Seated (from left): Edith Wigg (née Parham), (probably) Olive Wigg, Mrs E.S.Wigg (née Jane Eccles), Alfred Wigg, Mary Wigg, and Florence Wigg