Edward Jenner

Also known as Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

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Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist who lived from 1749 to 1823 and is credited with pioneering the practice of vaccination. His work in developing vaccination methods was a major breakthrough in medicine that has had lasting importance for public health.

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Born: 1749
Died: 1823
Works: 49

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An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox
Instructions for vaccine inoculation
Further observations on the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox
Facts, for the most part unobserved, or not duly noticed, respecting variolous contagion
A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox

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Type: Group
Origin: Serbia
Active from: 2013-12-14

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Listeners: 4
Total plays: 8

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5 total works indexed

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,731x
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 27,733x
Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,347x
The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 23,809x
THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
· 1963 · cited 18,948x

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Quotes

“I am not surprised that men are not thankful to me; but I wonder that they are not grateful to God for the good which he has made me the instrument of conveying to my fellow-creatures.”
“A sincere acquiescence in the dispensations of Providence will check discomposure of mind beyond any thing. It will produce a calm in the midst of a storm.”
“The highest powers in our nature are our sense of moral excellence, the principle of reason and reflection, benevolence to our creatures and our love of the Divine Being.”

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Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Edward Jenner
date of birth: 1749-05-17
date of death: 1823-01-26
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name in native language: Edward Jenner
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Edward Jenner (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. The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae ("pustules of the cow"), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He 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.

Jenner is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have saved "more lives than any other man". In Jenner's time smallpox killed around 10% of the global population, with the number as high as 20% in towns and cities where infection spread more easily. In 1821 he was appointed physician to King George IV, and was also made mayor of Berkeley and justice of the peace. He was a member of the Royal Society. In the field of zoology, he was among the first modern scholars to describe the brood parasitism of the cuckoo (Aristotle also noted this behaviour in his History of Animals). In 2002 Jenner was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons.