Edward Jenner vs Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Compare the life timelines of Edward Jenner (1749–1823) and Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 74 years, from 1749 to 1823.
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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
Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827)
- — Born in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy Verified
- — Studied at the University of Caen Verified
- — Moved to Paris and became professor at the Ecole Militaire Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Married Marie-Charlotte de Courty de Romanges Verified
- — Published Exposition du systeme du monde Verified
- — Published the five volumes of Traite de mecanique celeste Verified
- — Served briefly as Napoleon's Minister of the Interior Verified
- — Published Theorie analytique des probabilites Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified