Spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where he was born (in the vicarage) and died (at home,The Chantry). First doctor to study smallpox vaccine. Trained with John Hunter at St George's Hospital, 1770-2. Having heard country lore about how having cowpox can protect a milkmaid from smallpox he carried out unethical research by inoculating a healthy child with lymph from an infected milkmaid. Eventually this method was accepted.
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Edward Jenner
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Edward Jenner bust - Tooting
{On a plaque attached to the front of the plinth:} Edward Jenner MD FRS, 1749...
Jenner statue
{On a red granite panel laid into the front of the stone plinth:} Jenner {On...
St George's Hospital - 2
St George’s Hospital was established on this site in 1733 in a country home b...
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Bethleham Hospital 1&2
A priory for the Order of the Star of Bethlehem, built in 1247 on Bishopsgate at Liverpool Street, started admitting mental patients in 1357. This was probably the world's first institution to spec...
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson
Surgeon and pathologist. He was born on 23 July 1828 in Selby, Yorkshire and our picture source gives a biography of his life. He died, aged 84 years, on 23 June 1913 in Haslemere, Surrey and was ...
Sir Victor Horsley
Scientist and soldier. Born Victor Alexander Haden Horsley in 2 Tor Villas, Campden Hill, Kensington. As a physician, he developed many practical neurosurgical techniques and was the first person t...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Egypt, France, Iraq
R. Connon Robertson, LMSSA, LSA
District Surgeon in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1920-1931. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
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Robert Finch
Robert Gerard Finch was born on 20 August 1944 in Ootacamund, India. (Now frequently known as Ooty but officially called Udhagamandalam, it is a town in the Nilgiri Hills). He was the son of Brigad...
Samuel Morley
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion
Sir Nicholas Edwin Waterhouse KBE
Accountant. Son of Edwin Waterhouse. Entered Price Waterhouse in 1899 and rose to senior partner. Knighted 1920 for his service in WW1, in which, due to an injured knee he worked in the War Office....
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