Background
EDWARDS, Robert was born on September 27, 1925. Son of Samuel Edwards and Margaret Edwards.
human reproduction researcher physiologist
EDWARDS, Robert was born on September 27, 1925. Son of Samuel Edwards and Margaret Edwards.
Graduate, University Wales, Bangor. Doctor of Philosophy, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1955.
Fellow, California Institute of Technology 1957-1958. Scientist, National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill 1958-1962. Glasgow University 1962-1963.
Department, of Physiology, University of Cambridge since 1963. Ford Foundation Reader in Physiology 1969-1985. Professor, of Human Reproduction, University of Cambridge since 1985.
Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge. Scientific Director Bourn Hallam Clinics, Cambs. and London. Chairman European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology since 1984.
Visiting scientist, Johns Hopkins University 1965, University of N.C. 1966, Free University Brussels 1984. Honorary President British Fertility Society. Honorary; Fellow, Australian Fertility Society.
Honorary Citizen of Bordeaux. Honorary F.R.C.O.G.; Honorary M.R.C.P. Honorary Doctor of Science (Hull, York, Free University Brussels).
Gold Medial, Spanish Fertility Society 1985. King Faisal.
Achievements include along with surgeon Patrick Steptoe, successfully pioneering conception through in-vitro fertilization (in vitro fertilisation), which led to the birth of the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, on 25 July 1978. This scientific breakthrough laid the groundwork for further innovations such as intracytoplasmatic sperm injection, embryo biopsy and stem cell research.
French Society for Infertility.
Married Ruth E. Fowler in 1956.
