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Ian Wilmut

1944 - 2023

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Sir Ian Wilmut (7 July 1944 – 10 September 2023) was a British embryologist and the chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from an adult somatic cell, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly. Wilmut was appointed OBE in 1999 for services to embryo development and knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours. He, Keith Campbell and Shinya Yamanaka jointly received the 2008 Shaw Prize for Medicine and Life Sciences for their work on cell differentiation in mammals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Wilmut is the 316th most popular biologist (down from 187th in 2019), the 1,717th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ian Wilmut ranks 316 out of 1,097. Before him are John Gurdon, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Elmer Drew Merrill, Karl Gegenbaur, Gerrit Smith Miller, and Jean Victoir Audouin. After him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, David Bruce, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Erich von Tschermak, and Willi Hennig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ian Wilmut ranks 207. Before him are Rosalía Mera, Christian de Portzamparc, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Johnny Winter, Teri Garr, and Jacques Doillon. After him are Oleg Yankovsky, Igor Mitoraj, Michel Polnareff, Jim Abrahams, Bernard Tschumi, and Rocky Johnson. Among people deceased in 2023, Ian Wilmut ranks 120. Before him are Roger Whittaker, Antonella Lualdi, Lee Sun-kyun, Marisa Pavan, A. S. Byatt, and Tim Keller. After him are Gaston Glock, Kevin Mitnick, Thomas Williams, Martin Davis, Anne Perry, and Don Walsh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Wilmut ranks 1,717 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Dummett (1925), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Eddie the Eagle (1963), and Mary Norton (1903). After him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), John Newton (1725), Christine McVie (1943), Harriet Martineau (1802), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Ian Wilmut ranks 53. Before him are Jack W. Szostak (1952), John Gould (1804), George Bentham (1800), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), and John Gurdon (1933). After him are Patrick Geddes (1854), Edward Blyth (1810), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), and David Douglas (1799).

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