Edward Jenner continued to make many discoveries. Following those, he became part of the Royal Society after he wrote a later published paper upon his studies and after his book which is what actually got him into the prestigious society. After 74 years Edward Jenner died on January 26th, 1823. In my opinion he was a V.I.P. in the medical field. Edward Jenner provided us with the foundations of modern science and showed us that it was possible to begin to overcome such a deadly disease that haunted us for hundreds of years. Even though Edward died before he could see the disease he studied be completely eliminated, smallpox was finally eradicated in 1977 but wasn't officially declared so until 1980. This was most certainly an innovation in history because Edward Jenner showed us how it is possible to overcome such hardships that humanity is faced with. We started to think differently than we ever had before. The discovery of the vaccine for smallpox was one of the first times we ever started to really think about the connections from one disease to another. We started to use our brains to understand how they each individually worked but also how they could work together.