Jenner: Edward

Jenner, Edward (1749-1823). Discoverer of vaccination for prevention of smallpox (1776). 

Jenner, Edward (i749-1823) British physician, who is best known for introducing smalipox vaccination to Britain in 1796 (announced two years later), using a vaccine made from cowpox. 

Jenner, Edward (1749-1823) A surgeon and anatomist bom in England, Jenner experimented with cowpox inoculations in an attempt to prevent smallpox, a virulent infectious disease of ancient origin with a high rate of mortality that killed millions of people. In the early nineteenth century, Jenner successfully developed a method of vaccination that provided immunity from smallpox and late in life became personal physician to King George IV. The smallpox vaccination was made compulsory in England and elsewhere, and the disease was declared eradicated worldwide in 1979. 

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