PHYSICIAN
Edward Jenner
1749 - 1823
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae ('pustules of the cow'), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Jenner has received more than 3,714,750 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Edward Jenner is the 8th most popular physician (down from 7th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular British Physician.
Edward Jenner is most famous for his development of the smallpox vaccine. Jenner's vaccine was the first to use cowpox, a related virus, as an immunization against smallpox.
Memorability Metrics
3.7M
Page Views (PV)
77.00
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
100
Languages Editions (L)
11.90
Effective Languages (L*)
4.40
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Edward Jenner ranks 8 out of 726. Before him are Galen, Paracelsus, Florence Nightingale, Robert Koch, Basil of Caesarea, and Josef Mengele. After him are L. L. Zamenhof, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Andreas Vesalius, Albert Schweitzer, William Harvey, and Ignaz Semmelweis.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGalen
129 - 215
HPI: 82.12
Rank: 2
Paracelsus
1493 - 1541
HPI: 81.72
Rank: 3
Florence Nightingale
1820 - 1910
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 4
Robert Koch
1843 - 1910
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 5
Basil of Caesarea
329 - 379
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 6
Josef Mengele
1911 - 1979
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 7
Edward Jenner
1749 - 1823
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 8
L. L. Zamenhof
1859 - 1917
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 9
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
865 - 925
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 10
Andreas Vesalius
1514 - 1564
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 11
Albert Schweitzer
1875 - 1965
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 12
William Harvey
1578 - 1657
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 13
Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 - 1865
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 14
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1749, Edward Jenner ranks 3. Before him are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Pierre-Simon Laplace. After him are Christian VII of Denmark, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Nicolas Appert, Yolande de Polastron, Domenico Cimarosa, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Daniel Rutherford, and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. Among people deceased in 1823, Edward Jenner ranks 2. Before him is David Ricardo. After him are Pope Pius VII, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Lazare Carnot, Jacques Charles, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Charles François Dumouriez, Ann Radcliffe, André-Jacques Garnerin, Edmund Cartwright, and Abraham-Louis Breguet.
Others Born in 1749
Go to all RankingsJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
WRITER
1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.54
Rank: 1
Pierre-Simon Laplace
MATHEMATICIAN
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 2
Edward Jenner
PHYSICIAN
1749 - 1823
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 3
Christian VII of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1749 - 1808
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 4
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
WRITER
1749 - 1791
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 5
Nicolas Appert
INVENTOR
1749 - 1841
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 6
Yolande de Polastron
POLITICIAN
1749 - 1793
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 7
Domenico Cimarosa
COMPOSER
1749 - 1801
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 8
Lorenzo Da Ponte
WRITER
1749 - 1838
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 9
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe
POLITICIAN
1749 - 1792
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 10
Daniel Rutherford
PHYSICIST
1749 - 1819
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 11
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
PAINTER
1749 - 1803
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1823
Go to all RankingsDavid Ricardo
ECONOMIST
1772 - 1823
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 1
Edward Jenner
PHYSICIAN
1749 - 1823
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 2
Pope Pius VII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1742 - 1823
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 3
Louis-Nicolas Davout
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1770 - 1823
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 4
Lazare Carnot
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1823
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 5
Jacques Charles
PHYSICIST
1763 - 1823
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 6
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
EXPLORER
1778 - 1823
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 7
Charles François Dumouriez
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1739 - 1823
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 8
Ann Radcliffe
WRITER
1764 - 1823
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 9
André-Jacques Garnerin
INVENTOR
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 10
Edmund Cartwright
INVENTOR
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 11
Abraham-Louis Breguet
INVENTOR
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Jenner ranks 62 out of 8,785. Before him are Olav V of Norway (1903), Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900), Emily Brontë (1818), Herbert Spencer (1820), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), and William Wallace (1270). After him are Virginia Woolf (1882), Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), Harold Harefoot (1016), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), and John Stuart Mill (1806).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsOlav V of Norway
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1991
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 56
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
NOBLEMAN
1900 - 2002
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 57
Emily Brontë
WRITER
1818 - 1848
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 58
Herbert Spencer
PHILOSOPHER
1820 - 1903
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 59
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
NOBLEMAN
1930 - 2002
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 60
William Wallace
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1270 - 1305
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 61
Edward Jenner
PHYSICIAN
1749 - 1823
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 62
Virginia Woolf
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 63
Charles, Prince of Wales
NOBLEMAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 64
Harold Harefoot
NOBLEMAN
1016 - 1040
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 65
Thomas Robert Malthus
ECONOMIST
1766 - 1834
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 66
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1941
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 67
John Stuart Mill
ECONOMIST
1806 - 1873
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 68
Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Jenner ranks 1. After him are William Harvey (1578), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Joseph Lister (1827), James Parkinson (1755), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), John Snow (1813), Edgar Adrian (1889), James Black (1924), John Langdon Down (1828), Frederick Griffith (1879), and Alan Hodgkin (1914).
Edward Jenner
1749 - 1823
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 1
William Harvey
1578 - 1657
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 2
Elizabeth Blackwell
1821 - 1910
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 3
Joseph Lister
1827 - 1912
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
James Parkinson
1755 - 1824
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 5
Niels Kaj Jerne
1911 - 1994
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 6
John Snow
1813 - 1858
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 7
Edgar Adrian
1889 - 1977
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 8
James Black
1924 - 2010
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 9
John Langdon Down
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 10
Frederick Griffith
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 11
Alan Hodgkin
1914 - 1998
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 12