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Edward Jenner FRS FRCPE [1] (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. [2] [3] The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae ('pustules of the cow'), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox.
Edward Jenner was an English doctor who was born in 1749. He heard milkmaids claim that they would not catch smallpox as they had already been infected with a far less serious disease,...
Read a brief biography about Edward Jenner, the pioneer of the smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology.
4 days ago · Edward Jenner (born May 17, 1749, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England—died January 26, 1823, Berkeley) was an English surgeon and discoverer of a vaccine for smallpox. Jenner was born at a time when the patterns of British medical practice and education were undergoing gradual change.
Edward Jenner tells the story of his life and how he discovered how to vaccinate people against smallpox. Told in the first person, and brought to life with a mix of drama, movement,...
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire on 17th May 1749. He was the eighth of the nine children born to the vicar of Berkeley, the Reverend Stephen Jenner, and his wife Sarah. Education and medical training. Jenner went to school in Wotton-under-Edge and Cirencester.
The germ theory of disease, the discovery and study of viruses, and the understanding of modern immunology tended to support his main conclusions. The discovery and promotion of vaccination enabled the eradication of smallpox: this is Edward Jenner's ultimate vindication and memorial.
