Robert Edwards Quotes
The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet. "Press Release: The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Robert G. Edwards." NobelPrize.org, 4 Oct. 2010.
Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards CBE FRS MAE was an English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with the surgeon Patrick Steptoe, and the nurse Jean Purdy, Edwards successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978. They founded the first IVF programme for infertile patients and trained other scientists in their techniques. Edwards was the founding editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction in 1986. In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the development of in vitro fertilization".