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Authorised form of name	Jenner; Edward (1749 - 1823); physician
Dates	1749 - 1823
Nationality	British
Place of birth	Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Date of birth	17 May 1749
Place of death	Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Date of death	26 January 1823
DatesAndPlaces	Burial: The chancel of Berkeley parish church, Gloucestershire
Research field	Natural history
	Immunology
	Medicine
Activity	Education: Pupil of John Hunter (FRS 1767), St George's Hospital, London (1770) Career: Settled in medical practice in Berkeley (1773); his discovery of vaccination against small pox, practised on James Phipps (1796) was included in his publication 'Inquiry into the causes and effects of variolae vaccinae' (1798); petitioned Parliament and received a grant of £10,000 for his discovery (1802)
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	26/02/1789
Relationships	Son of Rev Stephen Jenner
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: Donald A Henderson, 'The Miracle of Vaccination' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 235-245, plate Lise Wilkinson, 'Out, Damned Spots!', review of Richard B Fisher, Edward Jenner 1749-1823 in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 145-147 Paul G M Foster, 'The Hon. Daines Barrington, FRS - Annotations on Two Journals Compiled by Gilbert White' in NR 1986-87 vol 41 pp 77-93 E L Scott, 'Edward Jenner, FRS, and the Cuckoo' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 235-240 G R de Beer, 'The Relations between Fellows of the Royal Society and French Men of Science when France and Britain were at War' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 244-299 M H Gordon, 'Jenner and Napoleon' in NR 1938 vol 1 p 69 N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 161-175 M Crosland, 'Relationships between the Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences in the late eighteenth century' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 25-34
Code	NA6250

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
EC/1788/12	Jenner, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002425	Jenner, Edward	1996
IM/002424	Jenner, Edward	nd
CB/2/219	Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Jenner	16 March 1789
L&P/9/37	Letter, 'Observations on the cuckoo and on the emigration of birds' from Edward Jenner to John Hunter	20 February 1787
L&P/9/80/1	Letter, 'Observations on the natural history of the cuckoo' from Edward Jenner to John Hunter	27 December 1787
L&P/9/80	Paper, 'Observations on the natural history of the cuckoo' by Edward Jenner	27 December 1787

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