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Edward's personal timeline, a place to collect and share things from Edward's life.

Created by jenner on Oct 5, 2009

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 01:32 PM

• Jenner dies
  1823

  In January Jenner has a further stroke, which proves fatal. He dies in bed at the Chantry and is found the next morning.

• Jenner has a stroke
  1821

  Jenner has a stroke but recovers.

• Vines planted
  1818

  Jenner plants vines from Hampton Court in the vinery.

• Results of cowpox experiments published
  1798

  Jenner publishes the results of his experiments with cowpox privately (after the Royal Society refuses to publish them). Until the end of his life he continues to promote vaccination through worldwide correspondence.

• Smallpox Experiment
  1796

  Jenner takes advantage of a local outbreak of cowpox to carry out his famous vaccination experiment on James Phipps (then 8 years old). Phipps is successfully protected against the smallpox and the history of vaccination begins.

• Elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society
  1789

  The Royal Society elects Jenner as a Fellow for his work on the cuckoo.

• Observations of the cuckoo
  1788

  Jenner publishes the results of several years’ observation of the cuckoo.

• Marries Catherine Kingscote
  1788

  On March 6th Jenner marries Catherine Kingscote in Kingscote parish church.

• Buys The Chantry
  1785

  Jenner buys the Chantry (now the Edward Jenner Museum).

• Jenner launches a balloon
  1784

  In September Jenner assists in the launch of a small hydrogen balloon from Berkeley Castle.

• Returns to Berkeley as a country doctor.
  1772

  Jenner returns to his native to Berkeley as a country doctor.

• Becomes a student at St.George’s Hospital
  1770

  Jenner becomes a student at St.George’s Hospital, London and for two years studies under the renowned surgeon and scientist John Hunter.

• Apprenticed at the age of 14
  1763

  Jenner apprenticed at the age of 14 to John Ludlow surgeon of Chipping Sodbury.

• Jenner goes to Cirencester
  1758

  Jenner goes to Cirencester to become a boarding student of the Reverend Dr Washbourne, who later becomes headmaster of the Cirencester Grammar School.

• Jenner goes to Wooton-Under-Edge Grammar School
  1757

  At the age of 8, Jenner is sent to Wotton-under-Edge Grammar School, boarding with the headmaster, the Rev Thomas Clissold. He was also variolated with his classmates: a treatment in which the boys were given smallpox to protect them from future epidemics of the disease (if they survived).

• Edward Jenner orphaned.
  1754

  His mother Sarah dies in October, following childbirth,at the age of 46. His father, the Reverend Stephen Jenner, dies in December, aged 52. He is looked after by his sisters: Mary (24), Sarah (16) and Anne (13).

• The Birth of Edward Jenner
  1749

  Birth of Edward Jenner at the old vicarage in Berkeley.