John Clinch
John Clinch | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 9, 1749 |
| Died | November 22, 1819 (aged 70) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | clergyman, 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Piercey, Terry (August 2002). "Plaque In Memory Of Rev. John Clinch". Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ a b Jones, Frederick (2000). "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online". University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Hewson, John. 1978. Beothuk Vocabularies. (Technical Papers of the Newfoundland Museum, 2.) St. John's: Newfoundland: Newfoundland Museum, St. John's. 178pp.
External links
[edit]- "John Clinch". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy website