Elliot Philipp

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]

Elliot Philipp
Philipp in 2003
Born	20 July 1915 Stoke Newington
Died	27 September 2010 (aged 95)
Spouse(s)	Lucie Hackenbroch
Parent(s)	Oscar Philipp
Family	Julius Philipp (uncle)

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. "Elliot Philipp". The Telegraph. 7 October 2010.
2. "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.