Editing William Masters (section)

{{short description|American gynecologist (1915–2001)}}
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|birth_name = William Howell Masters
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|12|27}}
|birth_place = [[Cleveland]], Ohio, U.S.
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|2001|2|16|1915|12|27}}
|death_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S.
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|education = [[Lawrenceville School]]<br>[[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]]<br>[[University of Rochester Medical Center]]
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* {{marriage|Elizabeth Ellis|1942|1971|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Virginia E. Johnson]]|1971|1993|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Geraldine B. Oliver|1993}}
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'''William Howell Masters''' (December 27, 1915 – February 16, 2001) was an American [[Gynaecology|gynecologist]] and the senior member of the [[Masters and Johnson]] human sexuality research team. Along with his partner [[Virginia E. Johnson]], he pioneered research into the nature of [[Human sexual response cycle|human sexual response]] and the diagnosis and treatment of [[sexual dysfunction]]s and disorders from 1957 until the 1990s.