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Edward Jenner bust - Tooting

St George's Hospital - Hunter and Jenner Edward Jenner bust - Tooting
Inscription

{On a plaque attached to the front of the plinth:}
Edward Jenner MD FRS, 1749 - 1823
In Jenner’s time smallpox was a dreaded disease worldwide and caused many deaths particularly of children. Survivors were left badly scarred, blinded or deformed. In 1796 Jenner vaccinated James Phipps with coxpox and showed that the boy was then immune to smallpox. He predicted the worldwide eradication of smallpox which was finally achieved in 1980.
Jenner was born, practiced and died in Berkeley Gloucestershire and studied at St George’s Hospital. The statue depicts Jenner holding a model of the vaccinia virus which causes coxpox.

This statue was commissioned by St George’s Hospital Medical School and the Special Trustees of St George’s Hospital in 1996 to commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of Jenner’s discovery.

Sculptor: Michael Rizzello, OBE

Site: St George's Hospital - Hunter and Jenner (4 memorials)

SW17, St George's Hospital, Hunter Wing

The corridor with the two busts, plaque and glass display area is on the ground floor of the Hunter wing.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edward Jenner bust - Tooting

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Edward Jenner

Spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where he was born (in th...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
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Michael Rizzello

Sculptor and designer. Born Michael Gaspard Rizzello in London, to an Italian...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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John Hunter bust - Tooting

John Hunter bust - Tooting

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John Hunter statue - Tooting

John Hunter statue - Tooting

{On a nearby information board:} The statue of Hunter is a copy of a sculptur...

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St George's Hospital - Tooting

St George's Hospital - Tooting

This plaque commemorates the opening of St George's Hospital and Medical Scho...

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