Human Accomplishment: Edward Jenner

a British physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first ever vaccine

Born

17 May 1749 Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Died

26 January 1823 (aged 73) Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England

Known for

Smallpox vaccine Vaccination

Fields

Medicine/surgery, natural history

Alma mater

St George's, University of London University of St Andrews

Academic advisors

John Hunter

adultbasic

Britain

era

1600-1800