Patrick Steptoe
English gynaecologist (1913–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patrick Christopher Steptoe CBE FRS[2] (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 and embryologist Jean Purdy for developing in vitro fertilisation. Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born on 25 July 1978.[3][4] 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.[5]
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Born | Patrick Christopher Steptoe (1913-06-09)9 June 1913 Oxford, England |
Died | 21 March 1988(1988-03-21) (aged 74) Canterbury, England |
Alma mater | He also worked at Oldham General hospital |
Known for | In vitro fertilisation |
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Sheena Kennedy (m. 1943) |
Children | 2, including Andrew Steptoe[1] |
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