Science & Exploration
Edward Jenner
The country doctor whose smallpox vaccine has saved more lives than perhaps any other discovery sits quietly in the Italian Gardens. He originally stood in Trafalgar Square, but was moved in 1862 after complaints that a mere physician didn't belong among the admirals — a demotion his admirers still contest.
- Subject
- Edward Jenner, pioneer of vaccination
- Sculptor
- William Calder Marshall
- Unveiled
- 1862
- Material
- Bronze
- Location
- Italian Gardens, Kensington Gardens
