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Robert Edwards
English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation.
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English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation.
Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards (27 September 1925 – 10 April 2013) was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with obstetrician and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy, Edwards successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978. They founded the first IVF programme for infertile patients and trained other scientists in their techniques. Edwards was the founding editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction in 1986. In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the development of in vitro fertilization".
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Achievements and distinctions
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English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation.
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Knight Bachelor
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Fellow of the Royal Society
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Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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King Faisal Prize in Medicine
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Annual Review Prize Lecture
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Eardley Holland Gold Medal
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honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
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honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Career and education
Employers and institutions
University of Cambridge
Memberships
Royal Society of London · Academia Europaea
Education
Bangor University · University of Edinburgh
Fields of work
reproductive medicine
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