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  1. May 13, 2024 · 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.

  2. John Haygarth (of Bath, Somerset) received the vaccine from Edward Jenner in 1800 and sent some of the material to Benjamin Waterhouse, professor of physics at Harvard University. Waterhouse introduced vaccination in New England and then persuaded Thomas Jefferson to try it in Virginia.

  3. Apr 25, 2019 · Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine to prevent smallpox infections, and this success led to the global eradication of smallpox and the development of many more life-saving vaccines. Key facts about vaccination.

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  4. Feb 1, 2018 · February 1, 20184:09 PM ET. By. Susan Brink. Enlarge this image. As history tells it, young Edward Jenner heard a milkmaid brag that having cowpox made her immune to smallpox. And years later,...

  5. 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.

  6. The Father of Vaccination. Overview. Timeline. Through careful analysis and reporting of his scientific observations, Edward Jenner began the era of vaccination. Before 1796, the only known way to prevent smallpox infection was to deliberately infect a person with scabs from a person with smallpox.

  7. Feb 9, 2010 · 1796. Early smallpox vaccine is tested. Edward Jenner, an English country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers what will become known as the world’s first vaccination as a preventive...