Edward Jenner blue plaque

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Edward Jenner FRS (1749-1823) Born in Berkeley, the pioneer of smallpox vaccine and father of immunology attended Cirencester Grammar School here c.1757-64, during which time he developed his interests in natural history and fossil hunting. Jenner is often credited with saving more lives than any ot

her person in history. The first record of Cirencester's grammar school is from 1242, when a 'magister scholarum Cyrencestrie' is recored in a lawsuit. In 1457 the school received a principal grant fr

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