“How much the heart must suffer from the coronary arteries not being able to perform their functions”
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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. The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae, 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 Jenner described the protect…
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science · English physician (1749–1823) · physician · naturalist · biologist · also Edward Jenner, Jenner
Born 17 May 1749 · Died 26 January 1823 · Q40852
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2002· 2 entries
Was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote
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Jenner was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons
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1980· 2 entries
The World Health Organization declared smallpox an eradicated disease
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“I am not surprised that men are not grateful 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”
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1896· 1 entry
To commemorate the centenary of Jenner's discovery of vaccination
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1840· 1 entry
The British government banned variolation – the use of smallpox to induce immunity – and provided vaccination using cowpox free of charge (see Vaccination Act)
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1823· 2 entries
Died 1823-01-26.
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The last year of his life, Jenner presented his "Observations on the Migration of Birds" to the Royal Society
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1821· 2 entries
Jenner was appointed physician extraordinary to King George IV and was also made mayor of Berkeley and magistrate (justice of the peace)
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Was appointed physician to King George IV, and was also made mayor of Berkeley and justice of the peace
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1811· 1 entry
Jenner observed a significant number of cases of smallpox after vaccination
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1808· 1 entry
With government aid, the National Vaccine Establishment was founded, but Jenner felt dishonoured by the men selected to run it and resigned his directorship
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1805· 1 entry
(now the Royal Society of Medicine) and presented several papers there
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1803· 1 entry
Became president of the Jennerian Society in London, concerned with promoting vaccination to eradicate smallpox
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1802· 1 entry
A member of the American Philosophical Society in 1804, and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1806
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1798· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (1798).
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1789· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1789).
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1788· 1 entry
“Observations on the natural history of the Cuckoo”
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1749· 1 entry
Born 1749-05-17.
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