Robert Edwards
Physiologist
Died when: 87 years 195 days (1050 months)Star Sign: Libra
Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards CBE FRS MAE (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 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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