Jenner statue - Boulogne-sur-mer

Statue unveiled on September 11, 1865 in honor of Edward JENNER, the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine , who was brought back to France by Dr. William WOODVILLE during the French Revolution.

After being commissioned in 1857 by the Société des Sciences Industrielles in Paris, the statue was exhibited in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre in 1858, then in the courtyard of the Paris Medical School . It was inaugurated in 1865. The city paid for the pedestal.

In 1907, the monument was moved to the Prins Albertlaan, under the city walls. 1942: the statue was to be melted down during the war, but escaped because it was made of a painted alloy. The current repainting is recent. At that time, Brochon was a producer of cast iron (factory of Donjeux in Haute-Marne). The statue could be made of cast iron.

Willem Vandenameele