Edward Jenner vs Robert Burns
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Compare the life timelines of Edward Jenner (1749–1823) and Robert Burns (1759–1796) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 37 years, from 1759 to 1796.
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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
Robert Burns (1759–1796)
- — Born in Alloway, Ayrshire Verified
- — Educated largely at home and by tutor John Murdoch Verified
- — Worked as a tenant farmer at Mossgiel Verified
- — Published Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Kilmarnock edition) Verified
- — Moved to Edinburgh and was lionized by literary society Verified
- — Married Jean Armour Verified
- — Wrote 'Auld Lang Syne' Verified
- — Appointed an excise officer Verified
- — Wrote 'Tam o' Shanter' and moved to Dumfries Verified
- — Died in Dumfries Verified