Patrick Christopher Steptoe CBE FRS (9 June 1913 Oxford England – 21 March 1988 Canterbury) was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. Steptoe was responsible with biologist and physiologist Robert Edwards for developing in vitro fertilization. Louise Joy Brown the first test-tube baby was born on 25 July 1978.
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active years end year
1988-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1939-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
1913-06-09
birth name
Patrick Christopher Steptoe
birth place
England, Oxford
death date
1988-03-21
death place
Canterbury
education
St George's University of London, King's College London
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