Peter Plett (29 December 1766 – 29 March 1823) was a German teacher and pioneer of smallpox vaccine from Schleswig-Holstein. His work with smallpox vaccine, undertaken in the early 1790s before similar studies by Edward Jenner, was not acknowledged until many years later.
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29 December 1766 Klein Rheide
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Died |
29 March 1823 (aged 56)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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