. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... tin: ipBtructiona of tlie most dis-tinguished lecturers. In 1769 he returnedto f? iiiid recommenced the practiceC)f piivsic, and was em|)loyed during (he waras surgeon in the Britisli army. In 1780he went again to London and practised witligreat success. In the course of his philo-sophical experiments, he was induced toundertake two a-rial voyages; the secondof which was from the clifis of Dover acrossthe British channel into the forest of Guinesin France. In 1789 he returned to
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... tin: ipBtructiona of tlie most dis-tinguished lecturers. In 1769 he returnedto f? iiiid recommenced the practiceC)f piivsic, and was em|)loyed during (he waras surgeon in the Britisli army. In 1780he went again to London and practised witligreat success. In the course of his philo-sophical experiments, he was induced toundertake two a-rial voyages; the secondof which was from the clifis of Dover acrossthe British channel into the forest of Guinesin France. In 1789 he returned to Boston,and after a successful practice of 55 yearsdied in 1819. JEHAN GTIIR, or JEHANGUIRE,Aeul Nourkduin Moham-med,emperor of Hindostan, the son of Ak-bar, was originally named Selim. He suc-ceeded to the throne of Delhi in 1605, anddied in 1627. Jehanguirc was liberal, affa-ble, and accessible to his subjects, and a pa-tron of literature and arts. He wrote Me-moirs of the first Seventeen Years of hisReign ; and added to the historical commen-taries of Sultan Baber. JENKINSON. See JENNER, Edward, the celebrated in-troducer of vaccine inoculation, was born,May 17, 1749, in Gloucestershire, wiisapprenticed to a surgeon; and subsequent-ly settled at Berkeley, as a general medi-cal practitioner. About 1776 his attentionwas turned to the cow pox, by the circum-Btance of his finding that those who hadbeen affected by it had become incapableof receiving the variolous infection. Vac-cination was introduced into the Britishcapital, in 1796, by Mr. Cline, and aviolent controversy was long maintainedwith respect to its merits. Its ultimatetriumph was complete. It was extendedto every part of the globe; and plauditsand lionoms were showered upon the dis-coverer from all quarters. Oxford presentedhim with a diploma, the Koval Societyadmitted him as a member, and parliamentvoted him £.20,000. He died Jannarv26, 1823. Besides two works on the dwPox, and scattered pape
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