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Ian Wilmut

British embryologist (1944–2023)

  • Fame56.1
  • Momentum11.9
  • Wikipedia2.1K
Source-basedRising
Lived 1944–2023, aged 79United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited KingdomScientistsScientist
  • Wikipedia
    28 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1944–2023
    Aged 79
  • Awards
    10
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-07-21

Sir Ian Wilmut was an English 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.

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56.1
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Momentum11.9
Historical23.3
Now attention56.2
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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