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Robert Edwards

1925 - 2013

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Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Edwards has received more than 29,661 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Edwards is the 48th most popular biologist (up from 57th in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 366th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Biologist.

Robert Edwards is most famous for his work with in vitro fertilization.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Edwards ranks 48 out of 841. Before him are Richard Owen, Nikolaas Tinbergen, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, August Weismann, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and Karl Ernst von Baer. After him are Hans Spemann, Peter Simon Pallas, Nikolai Vavilov, Hugo de Vries, Vladimir Vernadsky, and Adelbert von Chamisso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Robert Edwards ranks 30. Before him are Giorgio Napolitano, Frantz Fanon, Angela Lansbury, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Boulez, and Maya Plisetskaya. After him are Douglas Engelbart, Ananda Mahidol, Paul Mauriat, Nílton Santos, Rod Steiger, and Wong Fei-hung. Among people deceased in 2013, Robert Edwards ranks 22. Before him are Ronald Coase, Heinrich Rohrer, Lou Reed, Giulio Andreotti, Christian de Duve, and Djalma Santos. After him are Robert Coleman Richardson, Douglas Engelbart, Georges Moustaki, Nílton Santos, Don Shirley, and Rochus Misch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Edwards ranks 434 out of 7,765. Before him are David Beckham (1975), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Tony Blair (1953), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), and Saint Walpurga (710). After him are George Mallory (1886), Eadred (923), Hugh Grant (1960), Gary Moore (1952), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), and Joseph Merrick (1862).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Robert Edwards ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Francis Crick (1916), Robert Brown (1773), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Christian de Duve (1917), and Richard Owen (1804). After him are Erasmus Darwin (1731), John Edward Gray (1800), Philip Miller (1691), Julian Huxley (1887), John Gurdon (1933), and William Carey (1761).

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