Elliot Philipp
Elliot Philipp | |
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Born | 20 July 1915 Stoke Newington |
Died | 27 September 2010 | (aged 95)
Spouse(s) | Lucie Hackenbroch |
Parent(s) | Oscar Philipp |
Family | Julius Philipp (uncle) |
Elliot Philipp (20 July 1915 – 27 September 2010) was a British gynaecologist and obstetrician who worked with Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards in developing in-vitro fertilisation and authored The Technique of Sex (1939) with the assistance of Sigmund Freud.[1]
Biography[]
Phillip was born to a Jewish family in Stoke Newington,[1] the son of Clarisse (née Weil) and Oscar Philipp.[2][3] His father - who was a cousin to Martha Bernays, the wife of Sigmund Freud - immigrated in 1908 to London from Hamburg to set up the metal trading firm Philipp Brothers.
Personal life[]
In 1939, he married Lucie Ruth Hackenbroch; they had two children, Ann Susan Philipp (1941–1997) and Alan Henry Philipp.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Elliot Philipp". The Telegraph. 7 October 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary: Elliot Philipp 1915–2010". Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
- ^ "Oscar Israel Philipp, Hebrew Scholar and Publisher, Dead at 77". Jewish Telegraph Agency. 31 August 1965.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2010 deaths
- British Jews
- British gynaecologists
- British obstetricians
- People from Stoke Newington
- English medical biography stubs