Landrum Shettles
| Landrum Brewer Shettles | |
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| Born |
November 21, 1909 Pontotoc, Mississippi |
| Died |
February 6, 2003 (aged 93) St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Known for | In vitro fertilization |
| Spouse(s) | Priscilla Elinor Schmidt (divorced) |
Landrum Brewer Shettles (November 21, 1909 – February 6, 2003) was a pioneer in in vitro fertilization.[1]
Biography
He was born on November 21, 1909 in Pontotoc, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi College in 1933. He was awarded a Ph.D. in biology and an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He served in the United States Army Medical Corps from 1944 to 1946.[1]
In 1951, he reproduced the experience of John Rock and Miriam Menkin artificially fertilizing eggs. In 1954, he received the annual Markle Prize, from Columbia University.[2]
In 1973, he was involved with an IVF controversy, at New York Hospital.[3]
He died on February 6, 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida.[1]
Works
- Landrum B. Shettles; David M. Rorvik (23 March 2011). How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: Fully revised and updated. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-78617-3.
- Ovum Humanum, Hafner Pub. Co., 1960
- Roberts Rugh, Landrum B. Shettles, Richard Einhorn, From Conception to Birth: The Drama of Life's Beginnings, Harper Row, 1971
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Stuart Lavietes (February 16, 2003). "Dr. L. B. Shettles, 93, Pioneer in Human Fertility". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Dr. Landrum B. Shettles, an early developer of in vitro fertilization techniques who gained national attention as the author of How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby and as a central figure in a lawsuit over efforts to produce the first test tube baby, died on Feb. 6 in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was 93. ...
- ↑ "Landrum Shettles . Test Tube Babies. WGBH American Experience | PBS". pbs.org. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ↑ Robin Marantz Henig (December 28, 2003). "The Lives They Lived: Landrum Shettles". The New York Times.
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