Elliot Philipp

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Elliot Philipp
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Philipp in 2003
Born20 July 1915
Stoke Newington
Died27 September 2010 (2010-09-28) (aged 95)
Spouse(s)Lucie Hackenbroch
Parent(s)Oscar Philipp
FamilyJulius 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Elliot Philipp". The Telegraph. 7 October 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary: Elliot Philipp 1915–2010". Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
  3. ^ "Oscar Israel Philipp, Hebrew Scholar and Publisher, Dead at 77". Jewish Telegraph Agency. 31 August 1965.


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