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Robert Edwards

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Also known as Robert G. Edwards, Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards, Robert Geoffrey Edwards, Bob Edwards

English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation

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Robert Geoffrey Edwards (1925–2013) was a British physician, physiologist, biologist, and researcher whose field of work was reproductive medicine. Born in Batley, he was educated at Bangor University and the University of Edinburgh. He served as an employee of the University of Cambridge and resided in Manchester and Leeds. Edwards was a member of the Royal Society and Academia Europaea.

He received the Knight Bachelor, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society, and the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. Records indicate he is recognized in the Nobel Medicine collection. He died in Cambridge in 2013 due to disease.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2010

    “for the development of in vitro fertilization”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Robert
Family name
Edwards
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Batley
Place of death
Cambridge
Occupation
researcher
Educated at
University of Edinburgh
Employer
University of Cambridge
Languages spoken
English language
Noble title
Knight Bachelor
Doctoral student
Azim Surani
Field of work
reproductive medicine
Image
Robert Geoffrey Edwards (2010).jpg
Residence
Leeds
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member of
Academia Europaea
date of death
2013-04-10
date of birth
1925-09-27
Erdős number
5
birth name
Robert Geoffrey Edwards
Commons category
Robert G. Edwards
cause of death
disease
name in native language
Robert Geoffrey Edwards
manner of death
natural causes
interested in
biology
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Encyclopedic overview

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".

Education and early career

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