# John Gurdon

_British developmental biologist (1933–2025)_

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> Sir John Bertrand Gurdon  (2 October 1933 – 7 October 2025) was a British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in Cellular differentiation and nuclear transplantation and cloning.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 2 October 1933 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Dippenhall ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P19))
- **Died:** 7 October 2025 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P570))
- **Citizenship:** United Kingdom ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P27))
- **Occupation:** biologist; physician; university teacher; research scientist; Nobel Prize winner ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P106))
- **Education:** Christ Church; Eton College; Edgeborough School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P69))
- **Awards:** Fellow of the Royal Society; Feldberg Foundation Prize; Croonian Medal and Lecture; Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize; Portland Press Excellence in Science Award; William Bate Hardy Prize; Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer; Royal Medal; Ross G. Harrison Award; International Prize for Biology; Wolf Prize in Medicine; Knight Bachelor; Edwin Grant Conklin Medal; Copley Medal; Rosenstiel Award ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218#P166))

## About

Awarded the Lasker Award in 2009, in 2012, he and Shinya Yamanaka were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells.

## Questions

**When was John Gurdon born?**  
John Gurdon was born on 2 October 1933 in Dippenhall.

**Where did John Gurdon study?**  
John Gurdon was educated at Christ Church, Eton College, Edgeborough School.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): John Gurdon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gurdon) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q81218](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81218) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: John Gurdon Cambridge 2012.JPG by Deryck Chan , courtesy to cameraman Sien Yi Tan. (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Gurdon_Cambridge_2012.JPG)

## Licence and attribution

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