who was jenner

• rural doctor from the South West of England.
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  He had trained as an apprentice surgeon in an apothecary and practiced medicine in London before retuning to be a GP (General

  Practitioner) in Gloucestershire.
• had a huge amount of experience but also knew about the effect that smallpox had on London.
• He had a keen interest in inoculation and had gathered evidence about 1,000 cases where smallpox inoculation had failed.
• He was keen to find something more effective at stopping such a deadly disease chance gave him this opportunity.