Jenner was born in Berkeley, England, the third son and youngest of six children of Stephen Jenner, a clergyman of the Church of England. He was orphaned at age five and was raised by his older brother, also a clergyman. When Jenner was thirteen years...

Edward Jenner discovered the process of vaccination, when he found that injection with cowpox protected against smallpox. His method of immunization via vaccination ushered in the new science of immunology. Jenner was born in Berkeley, England, the...

The English physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) introduced vaccination against smallpox and thus laid the foundation of modern concepts of immunology. Edward Jenner was born on May 17, 1749, in the village of Berkeley in Gloucestershire. At 8 his...

1749-1823 English Physician and Scientist Edward Jenner developed the medical procedure known as vaccination, or the inoculation of cowpox to prevent smallpox. He also conducted research on the cuckoo bird, promoted a new method of preparing emetic...

Edward Jenner, FRS, (May 17 1749 – January 26 1823) was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He is famous as the first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine, although Benjamin...

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Discusses the life and work of Edward Jenner, an early pioneer in creating a smallpox vaccine. Discusses his early life and experiments with cowpox and human vaccines.