His author standard form is Wilmott and his area of interest was spermatophytes.

Wilmott entered St John's College, Cambridge and graduated from University in 1910.

[3] He worked at the museum from 1911 being promoted to Deputy Keeper in 1931 and specialized in the taxonomy of British flora.

[4] He won a bronze medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Ken Hyde, Hyman Lurie, Ken Stanley and Ernest Bubley.

[6] A national league competition 'The Wilmott Cup'was named after him.