Berthold wiesner biography of william
Born in New Zealand, he had travelled to England with his wife in the s, first specialising in genitourinary surgery and then infertility.
Bertold Wiesner is believed to have been one of the primary donors for the Barton Clinic, which helped women conceive around babies....
Bertold Wiesner
Austrian Jewish physiologist
Bertold Paul WiesnerFRSE (1901–1972) was an Austrian-born physiologist noted firstly for coining the term 'Psi' to denote parapsychological phenomena;[1][2][3][4][5] secondly for his contribution to research into human fertility and the diagnosis of pregnancy;[6][7] and thirdly for being the biological father to upwards of 600 offspring by anonymously donating sperm used by his wife the obstetricianMary Barton to perform artificial insemination on women at her private practice in the Harley Street area of London.[8][9][10][11]
First marriage and early work in Austria
Wiesner was briefly married to the Jewish Austrian author, playwright, and screenwriter Anna Gmeyner.
They had one daughter: the author Eva Ibbotson, born in 1925.[12][13] The family moved to Scotland in 1926 when Wiesner accepted a post