About James Hervey
Lived 1751 – 1824 (aged 72–73). James Hervey was a British physician and immunologist.
James Hervey (c. 1751 in London – 1824) was an English physician and pioneer of smallpox vaccination in London.
After education at a school at Northampton and then at home under a private tutor, He graduated there A.B. 1771, A.M. 1774, M.B. 1777, and M.D. 1781. Hervey was elected physician to Guy's Hospital in 1779, was admitted as a candidate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1781, and was elected F.R.C.P. in 1782. He regularly practised for some years at Tunbridge Wells during the summer season.
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English physician
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James Hervey was born in 1751.
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James Hervey died in 1824.
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James Hervey was a physician and immunologist.
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