English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

Edward Jenner. Stipple engraving by Hoppe, 1803, after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

Edward Jenner (?), in profile. Pencil and wash, 1800/1820.

Edward Jenner. Stipple engraving after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner. Photogravure after J. Northcote, 1803.

Edward Jenner. Line engraving by J.C. Böhme after P. R. Vignéron after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner. Lithograph by R. J. Lane, 1827, after H. Corbould after C. Manning, 1805.

Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Oil painting by E.-E. Hillemacher, 1884.

W. Calder Marshall's statue of Edward Jenner in Trafalgar Square, with verses and vignettes on the theme of memento mori (a skull, an angel and a tombstone). Ink drawing by S. Jenner, 1830/1850.

Edward Jenner. Stipple engraving by K. Mackenzie, 1802, after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner. Line engraving by J. M. Fontaine after P. R. Vignéron after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner : the man and his work / [Edgar Ashworth Underwood and A.M.G. Campbell].

Jenner and his impact on medical science : [lecture given at the bicentenary meeting held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on May 17] / by Sir Edward Mellanby.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 22.4 x 22.4 cm

Edward Jenner's chair in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph, 1913.

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 76.5 x 59 cm

Edward Jenner vaccinating his son. Oil painting after a statue by Giulio Monteverde.

Eduardi Jenneri, Med. D. et Reg. Scient. Acad. Soc. Disquisitio de caussis et effectibus variolarum vaccinarum / ex Anglico in Latinum conversa ab Aloysio Careno.

Instructions for vaccine inoculation / [Edward Jenner].

Facts, for the most part unobserved, or not duly noticed, respecting variolous contagion / [Edward Jenner].

42 pages, 1 unnumbered bl. leaves ; (4to)

A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox / by Edward Jenner.

vii, 56 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; (8vo)

An address to the County and Town of Bedford, on the nature and efficacy of the cow-pox, in preventing the small-pox: with particular directions for inoculating the former / by G.D. Yeats. To which is annexed a letter from Dr. Jenner, and illustrative cases by Mr. J. Pulley.

1 unnumbered leaf, iv, 75 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 4 colour plates ; (4to)

An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / By Edward Jenner.

lxxxiii, 188 pages, 3 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm

Papers relating to the history and practice of vaccination.

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Edward Jenner

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Facts, for the most part unobserved, or not duly noticed, respecting variolous contagion / [Edward Jenner].

A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox / by Edward Jenner.

An address to the County and Town of Bedford, on the nature and efficacy of the cow-pox, in preventing the small-pox: with particular directions for inoculating the former / by G.D. Yeats. To which is annexed a letter from Dr. Jenner, and illustrative cases by Mr. J. Pulley.

An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / By Edward Jenner.

Papers relating to the history and practice of vaccination.

Edward Jenner. Line engraving by J. M. Fontaine after P. R. Vignéron after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner : the man and his work / [Edgar Ashworth Underwood and A.M.G. Campbell].

Jenner and his impact on medical science : [lecture given at the bicentenary meeting held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on May 17] / by Sir Edward Mellanby.

Edward Jenner's chair in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph, 1913.

Edward Jenner vaccinating his son. Oil painting after a statue by Giulio Monteverde.

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Edward Jenner

Images from the collections

Images by Edward Jenner

Images featuring Edward Jenner

Works from the collections

Facts, for the most part unobserved, or not duly noticed, respecting variolous contagion / [Edward Jenner].

A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolae vaccinae, or cow pox / by Edward Jenner.

An address to the County and Town of Bedford, on the nature and efficacy of the cow-pox, in preventing the small-pox: with particular directions for inoculating the former / by G.D. Yeats. To which is annexed a letter from Dr. Jenner, and illustrative cases by Mr. J. Pulley.

An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox / By Edward Jenner.

Papers relating to the history and practice of vaccination.

Edward Jenner. Line engraving by J. M. Fontaine after P. R. Vignéron after J. R. Smith, 1800.

Edward Jenner : the man and his work / [Edgar Ashworth Underwood and A.M.G. Campbell].

Jenner and his impact on medical science : [lecture given at the bicentenary meeting held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on May 17] / by Sir Edward Mellanby.

Edward Jenner's chair in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Photograph, 1913.

Edward Jenner vaccinating his son. Oil painting after a statue by Giulio Monteverde.

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