Memorial Page for Robert Edwards (née Robert Geoffrey Edwards)
English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation
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Robert Edwards (* September 27, 1925 in Batley; † April 10, 2013 in Cambridge) was an english physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisation. He was 87 years old. He was married to Ruth Fowler Edwards. His education included Bangor University and University of Edinburgh. He received 8 awards, including Fellow of the Royal Society, Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. His cause of death was disease. He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery.
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9 EventsBorn in Batley, England
1925honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1988King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
1989honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
1994Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
2001Eardley Holland Gold Medal
2005Annual Review Prize Lecture
2008Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
2010Died in Cambridge, England (disease)
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Robert Edwards (née Robert Geoffrey Edwards). Forever remembered.