Georgeanna Seegar Jones | |
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| Born | July 6, 1912 |
| Died | March 26, 2005 (aged 92) |
| Education | Goucher College (B.A.) Johns Hopkins University (M.D.) |
| Known for | Pioneering in-vitro fertilization |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Endocrinology Gynecology Obstetrics |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
Georgeanna Seegar Jones (July 6, 1912 – March 26, 2005) was an American reproductive endocrinologist who with her husband, Howard W. Jones, pioneered in vitro fertilization in the United States.[1]
- ^ Anahad O'Connor (March 28, 2005). "Georgeanna S. Jones, in vitro conception pioneer, dies at 92". New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
Dr. Georgeanna S. Jones, who was half of a husband-and-wife team that created the first program for in vitro fertilization in the United States and its first "test tube" baby, died on Saturday at a hospital in Norfolk, Va. She was 92 and lived in Portsmouth, Va.