Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including creating the smallpox vaccine, the World's first vaccine. In his native land, Jenner of often proudly called " the father of immunology". Edward Jenner was born on 17 May 1749 in Berkeley. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed for seven years to Daniel Ludlow, a surgeon of chipping sodbury, south Gloucestershire, where he gained most of the experience needed to become a surgeon himself.
In 1770, aged 21, Jenner become apprenticed in surgery and anatomy under surgeon John Hunter and other at St George's Hospital, London. Returning to his native countryside by 1773, Jenner became a successful family doctor and surgeon, practising on decided premises at Berkeley.
Jenner was found in a state of apoplexy on 25 January 1823, with his right side paralysed. He did not recover and died the next day of an apparent stroke, his second , on 26 January 1823, aged 73.
Why Jenner was Successful??
* Not only inoculated cowpox, but also proved that they are immune to small pox.
* Demonstrated that the protective cowpox could be effectively inoculated from person to person, not just directly from cattle.
* He tested his theory on a series of 23 subjects. This aspect of his research method increased the validity of his evidence.
* He continued his research and reported it to the Royal Society, who did not publish the initial report.
* After improvement an further work, he published a report of twenty-three cases.
* In 1803 in London he become involved with the Jennerian institution, a society concerned with promoting vaccination to eradicate small pox.