(1749–1823) English physician, surgeon and naturalist who introduced smallpox vaccination in 1798.
Keywords: vaccination; smallpox; cowpox; variolation; cuckoo
Jenner, Edward
Derrick Baxby, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002551
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Figure 1. Edward Jenner (1749–1823). Reproduced by permission of The Jenner Museum.
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| Further Reading | |
| Jenner E (1788) Observations on the natural history of the cuckoo. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 78: 219–237. | |
| book Jenner E (1798) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae. London: Sampson Low. | |
| book Jenner E (1799) Further Observations on the Variolae Vaccinae. London: Sampson Low. | |
| book Baxby D (1981) Jenner's Smallpox Vaccine; the riddle of vaccinia virus and its origin. London: Heinemann Educational. | |
| Baxby D (1999) Edward Jenner's Inquiry; a bicentenary analysis. Vaccine 17: 301–307. | |
| book Fisher RB (1991) Edward Jenner 1749–1823. London: André Deutsch. | |
| book Lefanu W (1985) A Bibliography of Edward Jenner. London: St Paul's Bibliographies. | |
| book Miller G (ed.) (1983) Letters of Edward Jenner. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. | |
