28 Facts About Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner, was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

Edward Jenner used it in 1798 in the title of his Inquiry into the Variolae vaccinae known as the Cow Pox, in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox.

In 2002, Edward Jenner was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons.

In 1770, aged 21, Edward Jenner became apprenticed in surgery and anatomy under surgeon John Hunter and others at St George's Hospital, London.

In 1792, "with twenty years' experience of general practice and surgery, Edward Jenner obtained the degree of MD from the University of St Andrews".

Edward Jenner contributed papers on angina pectoris, ophthalmia, and cardiac valvular disease and commented on cowpox.

Edward Jenner belonged to a similar society which met in Alveston, near Bristol.

Edward Jenner was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1788, following his publication of a careful study of the previously misunderstood life of the nested cuckoo, a study that combined observation, experiment, and dissection.

Edward Jenner described how the newly hatched cuckoo pushed its host's eggs and fledgling chicks out of the nest.

Edward Jenner's findings were published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1788.

Edward Jenner might have met her while he and other fellows were experimenting with balloons.

Edward Jenner earned his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1792.

Edward Jenner is credited with advancing the understanding of angina pectoris.

Edward Jenner inoculated Phipps in both arms that day, subsequently producing in Phipps a fever and some uneasiness, but no full-blown infection.

Edward Jenner continued his research and reported it to the Royal Society, which did not publish the initial paper.

The expedition was successful, and Edward Jenner wrote: "I don't imagine the annals of history furnish an example of philanthropy so noble, so extensive as this".

Edward Jenner's continuing work on vaccination prevented him from continuing his ordinary medical practice.

Edward Jenner was later elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1802, a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1804, and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1806.

Edward Jenner became a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Society on its founding in 1805 and presented several papers there.

In 1808, with government aid, the National Vaccine Establishment was founded, but Edward Jenner felt dishonoured by the men selected to run it and resigned his directorship.

Edward Jenner found that in these cases the severity of the illness was notably diminished by previous vaccination.

Edward Jenner continued to investigate natural history, and in 1823, the last year of his life, he presented his "Observations on the Migration of Birds" to the Royal Society.

Edward Jenner was found in a state of apoplexy on 25 January 1823, with his right side paralysed.

Edward Jenner did not recover and died the next day of an apparent stroke, his second, on 26 January 1823, aged 73.

Edward Jenner was buried in the family vault at the Church of St Mary, Berkeley.

Edward Jenner's vaccine laid the foundation for contemporary discoveries in immunology.

In 2002, Edward Jenner was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote.

Edward Jenner was recognized in the TV show The Walking Dead.