As per our current Database, Ian Wilmut is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Ian Wilmut is 79 years, 9 months and 19 days old. Ian Wilmut will celebrate 80rd birthday on a Sunday 7th of July 2024. Below we countdown to Ian Wilmut upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Ian Wilmut |
Occupation | Physicist |
Age | 79 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Born | July 7, 1944 (England) |
Birthday | July 7 |
Town/City | England |
Nationality | England |
Ian Wilmut’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Ian Wilmut was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Famous for leading the mid-1990s scientific group that created a cloned sheep named Dolly from an adult sheep's somatic cell, he taught at the University of Edinburgh's MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine and was knighted in 2008 for his groundbreaking scientific work.
After earning his undergraduate degree in Agriculture from the University of Nottingham, he received his doctorate in Cryobiology from the University of Cambridge.
He co-wrote a 2006 publication titled After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning.
The son of math teacher Leonard Wilmut, he was born and raised in Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, England.
Wilmut and American veterinary scientist Gordon Woods both undertook successful cloning projects (Woods cloned a mule in 2003).