Wigham, John Richardson
(1829–1906), lighthouse engineer and businessman, was born 15 January 1829 at 5 South Gray St., Edinburgh, youngest son among four sons and three daughters of John Wigham, shawl manufacturer and quaker, and Jane Wigham (née Richardson). Their mother's death…...
Wisdom, John Oulton (J. O.) (1908–93),
philosopher and psychoanalyst, was born in Dublin on
29 December 1908, only child of
Thomas Hume Wisdom, brewery clerk, and his English-born wife Jane, daughter of Dr Henry Oulton
of St Stephen's Green. The Cambridge language philosopher Arthur…...