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Authorised form of nameSteptoe; Patrick Christopher (1913 - 1988)
Dates1913 - 1988
NationalityBritish
Date of birth09/06/1913
Date of death22/03/1988
OccupationGynaecologic surgeon
ActivityWorked with Professor Robert Edwards FRS, a Cambridge physiologist, to develop IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) technology in which egg cells are fertilised outside the body and implanted in the womb. Their groundbreaking work led to the birth of the world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978.
Honours:
CBE 1988
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1987
Age at election73
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 433-452, plate, by R G Edwards
CodeNA2115
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1987/37Steptoe, Patrick Christopher: certificate of election to the Royal Society1984
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