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John Clinch

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John Clinch
BornJanuary 9, 1749 (1749-01-09)
DiedNovember 22, 1819 (1819-11-23) (aged 70)
Medical career
Professionclergyman, physician, poet

John Clinch (January 9, 1749 – November 22, 1819) was a clergyman-physician credited with being the first man to practice vaccination in North America.

Biography

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He was born in Cirencester, England, one of twin children of Thomas Clinch of Bere Regis in Dorset. In 1798 he administered the first smallpox vaccines at Trinity, Newfoundland.[1] Clinch had attended school in Cirencester with the vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner, and both had then studied medicine under John Hunter.[2]

Clinch also compiled a glossary of the Beothuk language containing over 100 words.[2][3]

He died in 1819 in Trinity, Newfoundland.

References

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  1. ^ Piercey, Terry (August 2002). "Plaque In Memory Of Rev. John Clinch". Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  2. ^ a b Jones, Frederick (2000). "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online". University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  3. ^ Hewson, John. 1978. Beothuk Vocabularies. (Technical Papers of the Newfoundland Museum, 2.) St. John's: Newfoundland: Newfoundland Museum, St. John's. 178pp.
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