Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born 1957) is a former British doctor who became an anti-vaccine activist. He was a gastroenterologist until he was fired and removed from the UK medical register for unethical behaviour, misconduct and dishonesty.

Andrew Wakefield
Born	Andrew Jeremy Wakefield 1957 (age 67–68) Eton, Berkshire, England
Education	King Edward's School, Bath
Alma mater	St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London
Occupation(s)	Former physician, researcher
Known for	MMR vaccine controversy

In 1998 he was the lead author of a misleading research paper falsely claiming that there was a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism^[1][2]

Early life

Wakefield was born on 3 September 1956, to Graham Wakefield, a neurologist, and Bridget d'Estouteville Matthews, a general practitioner, at the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital.^[3][4] As a student at the independent King Edward's School, Bath, he was captain of his local Rugby team.^[3]