Smallpox 1718. In 1721, Cotton Mather and colleagues provoked controversy in Boston by inoculating hundreds. In 1796, Edward Jenner, a doctor in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, rural England, discovered that immunity to smallpox could be produced by inoculating a person with material from a cowpox lesion. Cowpox is a poxvirus in the same family as variola. Jenner called the material used for inoculation vaccine, from the root word "vacca", which is Latin for cow. The procedure was much safer than variolation, and did not involve a risk of smallpox transmission. Vaccination to prevent smallpox was soon practiced all over the world. During the
Greg Jenner the Steve Wright shows on BBC Radio 2. Jenner appeared as an expert on the "Inside Versailles" BBC 2 television programme, for the "Independent" newspaper discussing historical accuracy of television programmes. Jenner has spoken out against proposals for changes to the national curriculum proposed by then education secretary Michael Gove. Jenner is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur. Greg Jenner Greg Jenner is a British historian and author. His appearances on British television and radio discussing history has led to him being termed a ‘celebrity historian’. Jenner studied a History & Archaeology BA and Medieval Studies MA at The University of