Ian Wilmut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ian Wilmut

embryologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: inventor, embryologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ian Wilmut

  • Sir Ian Wilmut, OBE FRS FMedSci FRSE (born 7 July 1944) is an English embryologist and Chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
  • He is best known as the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from an adult somatic cell, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly.
  • He was appointed OBE in 1999 for services to embryo development and knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours.

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