Jan 1, 2010
Article abstract: By discovering the vaccination as a preventive measure against smallpox, Jenner pioneered the concept of using a modified form of a disease to produce immunity.
Edward Jenner was born on May 17, 1749, into an upper-middle-class family in Berkeley, England. His mother was the daughter of a clergyman, Henry Head; his father was the Reverend Stephen Jenner, a graduate of Oxford and the Anglican rector of Berkeley. Edward was the third and youngest son. His two older brothers, Stephen and Henry, became clergymen. He had three...
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