Robert Edwards (physiologist)

Sir Robert Edwards

FRS CBE MAE
Sir Robert Edwards; FRS CBE MAE
Born	Robert Geoffrey Edwards; 27 September 1925; Batley, England
Died	10 April 2013 (aged 87); near Cambridge, England
Alma mater	Bangor University (BSc); University of Edinburgh (PhD);
Known for	Pioneering in-vitro fertilisation
Spouse	Ruth Fowler (m. 1959)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (2011); Nobel Prize (2010); Lasker Award (2001);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physiology; Reproductive medicine;
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Edinburgh; Bangor University; National Institute for Medical Research; University of Glasgow; California Institute of Technology; Churchill College, Cambridge; Bourn Hall Clinic;
Thesis	The experimental induction of heteroploidy in the mouse (1955)
Doctoral advisor	R. A. Beatty; C. H. Waddington
Doctoral students	Richard Gardner (embryologist); Martin Hume Johnson; Roger Gosden; Azim Surani
Website	nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2010

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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