Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Christopher Steptoe CBE FRS (9 June 1913 – 21 March 1988) was an English obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. Steptoe was responsible with biologist and physiologist Robert Edwards and the nurse Jean Purdy for developing in vitro fertilisation. Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born on 25 July 1978. Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the development of in vitro fertilisation; Steptoe and Purdy were not eligible for consideration because the Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously.
Patrick Steptoe | |
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| Born | Patrick Christopher Steptoe 9 June 1913 Oxford, England |
| Died | 21 March 1988 (aged 74) Canterbury, England |
| Alma mater | He also worked at Oldham General hospital |
| Known for | In vitro fertilisation |
| Spouse |
Sheena Kennedy (m. 1943) |
| Children | Andrew Steptoe and one daughter |
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