[1][2] He led the design and construction of the Hammersmith flyover.
[3] Wroth was educated at Marlborough College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he studied Engineering and carried out research in Soil Mechanics under Kenneth H. Roscoe, leading to the award of a PhD degree in 1958 with his thesis titled "The behaviour of soils and other granular media when subjected to shear".
He also served as Master of Emmanuel College for a brief period prior to his death.
He delivered the 24th Rankine Lecture, titled "The interpretation of in situ soil tests".
[5] Wroth played county cricket at amateur level, playing minor counties cricket for Devon from 1947–50, and later for Cambridgeshire in 1962.