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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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George W. Corner
1889-12-12 – 1981-09-28
Life & Legacy
George Washington Corner FRS FRSE (12 December 1889 – 28 September 1981) was an American physician, embryologist and pioneer of the contraceptive pill. He received an outstanding ten honorary degrees from various universities. He played a critical role in the discovery of progesterone. He was described as both a medical historian and a humanist.
He was the person responsible for educating a number of persons important in the world of sexual health, including: William Masters, Mary Calderone and Alan Frank Guttmacher. As such he can be viewed as the grandfather of sexual health and contraception in America. Mary Calderone, in particular, acknowledged a huge debt to Corner in allowing her onto the medical course at Rochester.
His name (along with Willard Myron Allen) attaches to two medical terms: the Corner-Allen Test (for progestation) and the Corner-Allen Unit (a unit of progestational activity in rabbits).
Occupation & Career
anatomist, university teacher, physician
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal Society
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society · Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Employer
Johns Hopkins University · University of California, Berkeley
Organizations & Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of Edinburgh · Royal Society of London
Verified Legacy Record
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Fellow of the Royal Society
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1508419 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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