Patrick Steptoe
(1913-1988)
Died aged 74
Wikidata WikipediaPatrick Christopher Steptoe CBE FRS (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 Jean Purdy for developing in vitro fertilisation. Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born on 25 July 1978. 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.
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Commemorated on 3 plaques
Human in-vitro fertilisation followed by the world's first successful pregnancy was performed at this hospital by Mr Patrick Steptoe, Dr Robert Edwards and their supporting staff in November 1977.
The Royal Oldham Hospital, Maternity Unit, Rochdale Road, Oldham, United Kingdom where they worked
Patrick Steptoe 1913-1988 Sir Robert Edwards 1925-2013 Jean Purdy 1945-1985 developed IVF, leading to the world's first 'test-tube baby' established a research laboratory here in 1971
Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, Oldham, United Kingdom where they worked (1971)
Patrick Steptoe FRS 1913-1988 gynaecologist pioneer of IVF lived here 1917-1943
, Witney, United Kingdom where they lived (1917-1943)