Patrick Steptoe
(1913-1988), Obstetrician, gynaecologist and pioneer of IVF conceptionPatrick Christopher Steptoe
Sitter in 2 portraits
Obstetrician and gynaecologist; Director of the Centre for Human Reproduction, Oldham (1969-79); Medical Director, Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridgeshire (from 1980); his in vitro fertilization research resulted in the first 'test-tube baby' (1978).
by Peter Wardle
red chalk, 1986
NPG 6413
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