The Churchill Archives Center is celebrating Sir Robert (Bob) Edwards as “one of the
most influential scientific figures of the 20th century” with a special exhibition of his papers and an event featuring some of the people who knew him best.
After more than a decade of scientific exploration, the first successful IVF baby was
achieved by Edwards, Jean Purdy, and Patrick Steptoe in 1978, resulting in the birth of
Louise Joy Brown. Two years later, Edwards and his scientific collaborators established
the world’s first IVF clinic, Bourn Hall Clinic in Cambridge, which continues to this day.
Edwards died in 2013 at the age of 87, but his work to advance science lives on,
including the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, which he
helped to establish and the influential journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online, which
he launched in 2000 at the age of 75.
To attend the program on September 26 at Churchill College in Cambridge, register
here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/churchillarchivescentre/1649990