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Robert Edwards
Developing in vitro fertilisation with Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy.
IVF
- Born
- 27 September 1925
- Birthplace
- Batley
- Died
- 10 April 2013
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Robert Edwards
British reproductive scientist awarded the 2010 medicine Nobel Prize.
Early life
Training
Served in the Army before studying biology at Bangor and completing an Edinburgh doctorate in 1955.
Career
- 1963
Cambridge
Joined the physiology department.
- 1960s
Collaboration
Worked with Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy on human fertilisation.
- 1978
First IVF birth
The team’s work led to the birth of Louise Brown.
- 1986
Journal
Became founding editor of Human Reproduction.
Contributions
IVF
Developed laboratory fertilisation and early embryo-culture techniques.
Beyond work
Family
Married reproductive researcher Ruth Fowler in 1956; they had five daughters.
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