Robert Briggs
Geneticist

Robert Briggs Net Worth

Robert Briggs is an American geneticist who has a net worth of $7 million. He was born in 1911 and gained fame in 1952 when he successfully cloned a frog by nuclear transfer. This method was later used to create Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day December 10, 1911
Birth Place United States
Age 109 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius

💰 Net worth: $7 Million (2024)

About

American scientist who gained fame when he managed to clone a frog by nuclear transfer in 1952. The method was later used to create Dolly the Sheep.

Before Fame

He studied business before later moving to the science department at Boston University.

Trivia

He served as a fellow in the Department of Zoology at McGill University.

Family Life

He was raised by his grandparents after his mother died when he was just two years old.

Associated With

His work inspired Ian Wilmut to pursue cloning Dolly the Sheep many decades later.

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