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Edward Jenner, FRS (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human".

He was also the first person to describe the brood parasitism of the cuckoo.

Common cuckoo

His description of the newly hatched cuckoo, pushing its host's eggs and fledgling chicks out of the nest (contrary to existing belief that the adult cuckoo did it) was only confirmed in the 20th century,[11] when photography became available. Having observed this behaviour, Jenner demonstrated an anatomical adaptation for it—the baby cuckoo has a depression in its back, not present after 12 days of life, that enables it to cup eggs and other chicks. The adult does not remain long enough in the area to 


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Edward !! murdered at Berkeley castle

The courtyard in the 1840s

The castle is the oldest continuously occupied castle in England after the royal fortresses of the Tower of Londonand Windsor Castle, and the oldest to be continuously owned and occupied by the same family.

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 it is here the last court jester in England, Dickie Pearce, died after falling from the Minstrels' gallery. 


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Berkeley was also the site of Berkeley nuclear power station, which has two Magnox nuclear reactors. This power station, the first commercial British reactor to enter operation, has since been decommissioned and all that remains are the two reactors encased in concrete. The administrative centre adjacent to the station is still active however – the centre was founded as Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories in the early 1960s and was one of the three principal research laboratories of theCEGB.

 


Top, actress Elisabeth Sladen pictured filming outside Berkeley Nuclear Power Station in Gloucestershire in the early 1970s, as Dr Who's companion Sarah Jane Smith, with Tom Baker. Above left, with Dr Who actor Jon Pertwee in 1983; middle, in The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2007; right, pictured in 2008

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A local legend tells that the town was once home to the Witch of Berkeley, who sold her soul to the Devil in exchange for wealth. It is said that, despite taking refuge in the church, the Devil carried her off on a black horse covered with spikes.[7]


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Monumental brass of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley (d.1417), Church of St Mary the Virgin at Wotton-under-Edge