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Edwards, R. G. (Robert Geoffrey), 1925-2013

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Personal name headingEdwards, R. G. (Robert Geoffrey), 1925-2013
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Variant(s)Edwards, Robert Geoffrey
Edwards, Robert, 1925-2013
Edwards, Robert G. (Robert Geoffrey), 1925-2013
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1925-09-27
Death date2013-04-10
Place of birthBatley (England)
Place of deathEngland
Field of activityFertilization in vitro, Human
AffiliationUniversity of Cambridge
Profession or occupationNobel Prize winner
Physiologist
Found inInternational Coordination Committee for the Immunology of Reproduction. Immunology and reproduction, 1969
Conception in the human female, 1980 (a.e.) t.p. (Robert G. Edwards)
Schulman, Joseph D. Robert G. Edwards, c2010: p. [1] (awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Oct. 4, 2010)
Marquis who's who on the Web, Feb. 3, 2011 (Robert Geoffrey Edwards, physiologist, human reproduction researcher; b. Manchester, England, Sept. 27, 1925; PhD, Edinburgh Univ., Scotland, 1955)
New York times (online), viewed Apr. 15, 2013 (in obituary published Apr. 10: Robert G. Edwards; b. Robert Geoffrey Edwards, Sept. 27, 1925, Batley, Yorkshire; d. Wednesday [Apr. 10, 2013], near Cambridge, England, aged 87; opened a new era in medicine when he joined a colleague in developing in vitro fertilization, enabling millions of infertile couples to bring children into the world and women to have babies even in menopause; awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2010)
A matter of life, 1980: t.p. (Robert Edwards)
Associated languageeng