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Edward Jenner (Britannica)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica biography of Edward Jenner, whose 1796 cowpox inoculation against smallpox is widely credited as founding immunology.

Facts
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
URL
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Jenner
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
1
Sources
Edward Jenner (Britannica)
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Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Disciplines, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Concepts, 1 claims: 1 holds.
  • Scientists, 1 claims: 1 connected.

Well-attested

6

Disciplines

Holds

3

Concepts

Disciplines

Connected

1

Scientists

General References

1

Disciplines

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