George W. Corner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George W. Corner

American anatomist and embryologist

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1889

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1981

Profession: university teacher, anatomist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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).