He carried out tests and created a vaccination to cure smallpock and cowpocks
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Who was he?
Jenner was an English doctor, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology.
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Where and when was he born
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire on 17 May 1749, the son of the local vicar
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What did he do at the age of 14?
At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a local surgeon and then trained in London. In 1772, he returned to Berkeley and spent most the rest of his career as a doctor in his native town.
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What did he do in 1976?
In 1796, he carried out his now famous experiment on eight-year-old James Phipps. J
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Jenner was an English doctor, the pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology.
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