Jean Purdy

Legacy of the ‘mother of IVF’ Jean Purdy celebrated at Bourn Hall

Home > News & events > News Posted - March 25, 2022

The life of embryologist Jean Purdy is being remembered this Mother’s Day with the dedication of a plaque at Bourn Hall near Cambridge.

Home > News & events > News Posted - July 20, 2018

Louise Brown today laid flowers on a new memorial to first clinical embryologist Jean Purdy, IVF pioneer and cofounder of Bourn Hall.

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