Marie Stopes Stopes in 1918 Born Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes 15 October 1880 (1880-10-15) Edinburgh Died 2 October 1958 (1958-10-03) (aged 77) Dorking, Surrey Nationality British Education UCL (BSc, DSc) University of Munich (PhD) Known for Family planning, Eugenics Spouse(s) Reginald Ruggles Gates (m. 1911; annulled 1914) Humphrey Verdon Roe (m. 1918; ? 1935) Children Harry Stopes-Roe Scientific career Fields Palaeobotany Institutions University of Manchester