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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.
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.
...
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.
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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