John Clinch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English-American physician
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1749
Place of Birth: Cirencester, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 22-Nov-1819
Profession: physician
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About John Clinch
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- John Clinch (January 9, 1749 – November 22, 1819) was a clergyman-physician credited with being the first man to practice vaccination in North America. He was born in Cirencester, England, one of twin children of Thomas Clinch of Bere Regis.
- In 1798 he gave the first smallpox vaccines at Trinity, Newfoundland.
- Clinch had attended school in Cirencester with Edward Jenner and both had then studied medicine under John Hunter.
- He died in 1819 in Trinity, Newfoundland.
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