Dr Edward Jenner Statue - Kensington Gardens

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In the Italian Gardens stands this statue of Dr Edward Jenner.

Plaque reads:
Edward Jenner MD FRS
1749 - 1823
Country Doctor Who Benefited Mankind

In Jenner's time smallpox was a dreaded disease
worldwide and caused many deaths particularly on
children. Survivors were left badly scarred and
often blinded or deformed.

In 1796 Jenner vaccinated James Phipps with
cowpox and showed that the boy was then immune
to smallpox. He predicted the worldwide erradication
of smallpox. This was achieved in 1980.

Jenner was born, practiced and died in Berkeley
Gloucestershire and studied at St. George's
Hospital, London.

This statue by William Calder Marshall, RA was
inaugurated by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
and was the first to be errected in Kensington
Gardens in 1862. The cost was met by international
subscription.

This plaque was funded and placed here by
the Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens,
The Jenner Educational Trust and
St. George Hospital Medical School in 1996
the Bicentennial Anniversary of Jenner's discovery.

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