Dr Jenner's House
House museum · Berkeley, England
Scientists & inventors
History
Dr. Jenner's House, formerly known as the Edward Jenner Museum, in Berkeley, England, is housed in a grade II* listed early 18th century building called the Chantry, famous as the home of Edward Jenner FRS, physician, surgeon, and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, and now used as a museum. Jenner is acknowledged as having saved more lives than any other human, as his discovery led to the complete elimination of smallpox by 1977.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Dr. Jenner's House”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
About Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae, the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1798 in the title of his Inquiry into the Variolae vaccinae known as the Cow Pox, in which Jenner described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox.
From the Wikipedia article “Edward Jenner”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting
This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.
