Now! Then! Tag: Nettleton, Thomas (1683-1742)

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Dewsbury-born physician, studied at Leiden, practised at Halifax, where he carried out some of the earliest systematic programmes of smallpox inoculation and went on to statistical investigation of the outcomes.

16 December 1722: Thomas Nettleton of Halifax recounts to James Jurin his success in inoculating against smallpox

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Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 932 historical serendipities (749K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,580 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,686 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, Bradford, poetry, Horse, Kingston upon Hull ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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