| Authorised form of name | Edwards; Robert Geoffrey (1925 - 2013) |
| Dates | 1925 - 2013 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 27/09/1925 |
| Date of death | 10/04/2013 |
| Research field | Reproductive biology |
| Activity | Inspirational work in the 1960's developed IVF technology with Patrick Steptoe, a gynaecologic surgeon, in which egg cells are fertilised outside the body and implanted in the womb. The groundbreaking work led to the birth of the world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978.
Professor of Human Reproduction, Emeritus, Churchill College, Cambridge
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize for Medicine, 2010
Honours:
CBE 1988; Knight 2011 'for services to human reproductive biology '. |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1984 |
| Age at election | 58 |
| Source | Mariana Cook, 'The Faces of Science' 2005, pp 48-49 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/109105980 |
| Code | NA4158 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1984/11 | Edwards, Robert Geoffrey: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1983 |