Hiya list :-) I've been busy trying to find the Dorset Ooser so haven't posted lately ;-) I was amazed a few weeks ago when my daughter came home from school asking me about Edward Jenner and smallpox. I read through the stuff she had been given at school and what her homework was......then I sent back a short lesson in local history to her tutor about Benjamin Jesty as my daughter included it as part of her homework! Even in Dorset schools they do not learn about the important role that Jesty played. It's about time they did. Any County Education Officers amongst us? ;-) Debby --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 10/04/2004

Hear! Hear! Dorset has at least as much history as any other county, but ask the man or woman in the street to name three famous Dorset people, and you'll probably get Thomas Hardy, Admiral Hardy, and er....., though not necessarily in that order! It is interesting to note that Jenner (a doctor) was acclaimed by his fellow doctors for his "invention", and never acknowledged his having been preceded by Jesty. Jenner, on the other hand, a simple farmer, recognised that he was probably not the first to have made the quantum leap in logic which resulted in the realisation that if (as was commonly known) people who accidentally got cowpox were immune from smallpox, then those who deliberately got cowpox were probably equally immune! Education Officers (everywhere) heed the call! Davy Cannon Dorchester, Dorset PS Still looking for the Ooser myself. Have you checked the garage?....:-)) > I've been busy trying to find the Dorset Ooser so haven't posted lately ;-) > > I was amazed a few weeks ago when my daughter came home from school asking me about Edward Jenner and smallpox. I read through the stuff she had been given at school and what her homework was......then I sent back a short lesson in local history to her tutor about Benjamin Jesty as my daughter included it as part of her homework! > > Even in Dorset schools they do not learn about the important role that Jesty played. It's about time they did. Any County Education Officers amongst us? ;-) > > Debby > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 10/04/2004 > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > The Dorset Museum homepage can be found at: > http://home.clara.net/dorset.museum > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hear! Hear! again Add Alfred Russell WALLACE to the list. Much ignored when DARWIN gets all the praise. Steve in Zelston > -----Original Message----- > From: Davy Cannon [mailto:davy.cannon1@btinternet.com] > Sent: 13 April 2004 01:44 > To: ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DOR-LIFE] Re: Benjamin Jesty - smallpox > > > Hear! Hear! > > Dorset has at least as much history as any other county, > but ask the man or > woman in the street to name three famous Dorset people, and > you'll probably > get Thomas Hardy, Admiral Hardy, and er....., though not > necessarily in that > order! >