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Robert Edwards

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Also known as Robert G. Edwards, Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards, Robert Geoffrey Edwards, Bob Edwards

English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation

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Robert Geoffrey Edwards (1925–2013) was a British physician, physiologist, biologist, and researcher whose field of work was reproductive medicine. Born in Batley, he was educated at Bangor University and the University of Edinburgh. He served as an employee of the University of Cambridge and resided in Manchester and Leeds. Edwards was a member of the Royal Society and Academia Europaea.

He received the Knight Bachelor, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society, and the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. Records indicate he is recognized in the Nobel Medicine collection. He died in Cambridge in 2013 due to disease.

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Person · Open Library

Works
91

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density

    · 1988 · cited 95,712x

  2. Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

    · 2011 · cited 56,512x

  3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

    · 2009 · cited 46,778x

  4. Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso

    · 1996 · cited 39,745x

  5. The PHQ-9

    · 2001 · cited 39,444x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2010

    “for the development of in vitro fertilization”

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Encyclopedic overview

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 and embryologist 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".

Education and early career

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