Edward Jenner: "The father of immunology"

1. He was born on 17th on May in 1749.

2. He was an english physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine

3. Jenner married Catherine Kingscote.

4. His balloon descended into Kingscote Park, Gloucestershire, owned by Anthony Kingscote, one of whose daughters was Catherine.

5. He belonged to the Fleece Medical Society. contributed papers on angina pectoris, ophthalmia and valvular heart disease and commented on cowpox.

6. He earned his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1792..

7. In 2002, Jenner was named in the list of the BBC 's 100 greatest British after all a UK vote..

8. Jenner's vaccine also laid the foundation for contemporary discoveries in immunology.

9. He died at 26 in 1823.