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Ian Wilmut
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Ian Wilmut

Inventor · born July 7, 1944 · died 2023

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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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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~58Received the Fellow of the Royal Society2002
  2. ~64Named Knight Bachelor2008

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1940 · United Kingdom

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Shelley Duvall
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Actor

1949–2024 · United States

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Camillo Golgi
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Camillo Golgi

Politician

1843–1926 · Austrian Empire

Camillo Golgi was an Italian biologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia between 1860 and 1868 under the tutelage of Cesare Lombroso.

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Michelle Kwan
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Michelle Kwan

Politician

1980 · United States

Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American former competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time world champion and a nine-time U.S. champion.

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