230:. Early in 1799 he helped to set up the Original Vaccine Pock Institute in London and started to distribute vaccine, some samples of which were contaminated with smallpox virus. This caused a rift with Jenner who thought his own work was being overshadowed. In turn, Pearson became envious of Jenner's growing reputation. When Jenner petitioned Parliament for a financial reward in 1802, Pearson published a detailed account of his own contribution, together with evidence that Jenner did not
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116:'Dr. Pearon was acknowledged by good judges, to be a sound Greek and Latin scholar. He was a hospitable landlord, a disinterested friend, and a very good-humoured and jocose companion : he abounded in anecdotes, which he took with excellent effect. He would often observe to his friends, that he knew he was growing old; but that he had made up his mind to die 'in harness.''
445:, Doncaster. Only surviving son of Freeman Bower, by Mary Pearson, and last male representative of the younger branch of the Bowers of Bridlington. He was educated at Eton College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. As a result of his superintendence and services as President of Doncaster's Public Library the supporters of that institution in 1841 had
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and others who he maintained had prior claims. When Jenner sought a further
Parliamentary grant in 1805, Pearson brought Jesty to London to visit the Original Vaccine Pock Institute to further his claim, with no success. By this time, although there was opposition to vaccination as such, Jenner's
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As a result of his marriage to (probably his cousin) Frances
Pearson, co-heir and daughter of Nathaniel Pearson (mayor of Doncaster, 1763) by his heiress (married 1743) wife Priscilla Rayney (died 1751), of Tyers Hill, George Pearson became involved with Tyers Hill a small estate near
414:, FSA (1805–1891), antiquary, was born in Doncaster, the son of James Jackson, banker and sometime mayor of Doncaster (1795, 1803, 1814), and his wife, Henrietta-Priscilla, second daughter of Freeman Bower of Killerby Hall, near Scarborough and of
93:, about which he produced a two-volume work. In 1783 he moved to London, to Leicester Square, and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians on 25 June 1784. He began to lecture. He was elected (chief) Physician of
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role in its introduction was firmly established and
Pearson played little further part. However, his role in the introduction of smallpox vaccine was examined in detail much later when controversy arose over the origin of
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An examination of the Report of the
Committee of the House of Commons on the claims of remuneration for the vaccine pock inoculation, containing a statement of the principal historical facts of the vaccina
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Hall, Sheffield, and his mother was
Deborah daughter of George Smith by Mary, daughter of John Burnley of Moorgate, Rotherham, a butcher. George Smith is associated with property in
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On 10 July 1798 Bower was appointed a
Lieutenant in the Fifth West Yorkshire Militia, and then on 1 April 1808 he was promoted to Captain in the Doncaster Volunteer Infantry.
307:, was daughter and co-heir of Alderman (mayor of Doncaster 1725) Thomas Rayney (d.1731?) by (married 1715) Frances daughter of Alderman John Fayram (Doncaster mayor, 1658).
318:(who left three closes in Barnsley to Priscilla) by Helen Crosland. Henry Rayney was son of John Rayney of Tyers Hill by Anne, daughter of William Wentworth (1580–1635) of
57:'THIS eminent physician, celebrated chemist, and amiable though singular individual has, at an advanced age, fallen under the stroke of his ancient but indomitable enemy.'
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Observations and
Experiments forinvestigating the Chymical History of the Tepid Springs of Buxton; intended for the improvement of Natural Science and the Art of Physic
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An account of the preparation and uses of the phosphorated soda; being an abstract of a paper on that subject inserted in the
Journal de Physique, August 1788
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Thomas Rayney was son of Henry Rayney (1614–1682) by (married 1650) Priscilla (1625–1682) daughter of
William Wordsworth (c1590-1666), of Falthwaite,
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Directions for Impregnating the Buxton Waters with its own and other Gases, and for composing Artificial Buxton Water
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722:'A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England', J. and J. B. Burke, 1838.
267:, the traveller, diplomat, and historian of Turkey, 1679-c. 1684; Justice Robert Perryman or Perrismore, 1704–11;
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John Rayney's grandfather, Henry Rayney of Ferrymoor, had bought Tyers Hill from John Byron in 1569. The nearby
53:, who was then President of the Royal Society, began his 1829 memoir (written anonymously) of Dr. Pearson thus:
780:'Genealogical Memoranda relating to the family of Wordsworth' collected by Edwin Jackson Bedford, London, 1881.
713:'Genealogical Memoranda relating to the family of Wordsworth' collected by Edwin Jackson Bedford, London, 1881.
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378:, who had married Frances-Priscilla, Pearson's eldest daughter, on 24 December 1822, thus according to
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766:'Memoir of George Pearson, M.D., F.R.S.' by Davies Gilbert PRS, February 1829, pps. 129–132, in
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Experiments and Observations on the Constituent Parts of the Potatoe-Root
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355:. Between 1775–1799 George Pearson's father, the apothecary, who owned
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FRS (1751–1828) was a British physician, chemist and early advocate of
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542:, Bakerian lecture, delivered to the Royal Society, 20 December 1827.
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271:(Le Blond), painter, engraver and printer, 1734–5;
395:azure between two palets wavy ermine three suns or
496:An Inquiry Concerning the History of the Cow Pox
243:, the active constituent of smallpox vaccine.
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32:George Pearson. From the sketch belonging to
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807:Alumni of St George's, University of London
566:. London: The Royal Society. Archived from
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561:"Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007"
418:, by (married 1777) Mary Pearson (d.1794).
329:priory was dissolved on 30 November 1538.
234:vaccination, bringing attention to farmer
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263:. His predecessors there included Sir
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817:19th-century English medical doctors
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386:) had 181 acres of farmland in the
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609:Royal Society archive, EC/1791/18
405:Three of his wife's great-nephews
336:under Tyershill Farm and land at
367:; and Mortomley and High Green,
218:Pearson and Smallpox Vaccination
503:Circular Letter on the Cow Pox
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135:Pearson and the Royal Society
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143:had been his lead proposer.
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99:Fellow of the Royal Society
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89:and analysed the water at
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353:William Wordsworth
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447:a portrait of him
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791:Categories
547:References
365:Tankersley
357:Mosborough
172:James Keir
528:; 213-25.
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312:Silkstone
75:Doncaster
67:Rotherham
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232:discover
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