Edward Jenner vs Mungo Park
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Compare the life timelines of Edward Jenner (1749–1823) and Mungo Park (1771–1806) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 35 years, from 1771 to 1806.
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Edward Jenner (1749–1823)
- — Born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire Verified
- — Apprenticed to the surgeon Daniel Ludlow and later George Hardwicke Verified
- — Studied under John Hunter at St George's Hospital, London Verified
- — Returned to Berkeley to practise medicine Verified
- — Married Catherine Kingscote Verified
- — Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his study of the cuckoo Verified
- — Performed the first vaccination on James Phipps Verified
- — Published his Inquiry into the causes and effects of the cow-pox Verified
- — Awarded parliamentary grants for the discovery of vaccination Verified
- — Died at Berkeley Verified
Mungo Park (1771–1806)
- — Born at Foulshiels near Selkirk, Scotland Verified
- — Studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Verified
- — Sailed to Sumatra as assistant surgeon on the Worcester Verified
- — Began his first expedition to West Africa for the African Association Verified
- — Reached the Niger River at Ségou Verified
- — Published Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa Verified
- — Married Allison Anderson and settled as a physician in Peebles Verified
- — Departed on a second, government-sponsored Niger expedition Verified
- — Died at the Bussa rapids on the Niger River Verified