What is Andrew Wakefield?
{{Infobox person | image = Andrew Wakefield 2019 (cropped).jpg | name = Andrew Wakefield | birth_name = Andrew Jeremy Wakefield | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = [[Eton, Berkshire]], [[England]] | nationality = | education = [[King Edward's School, Bath]] | alma_mater = [[St Mary's Hospital Medical School]], London | occupation = Former [[physician]], researcher | known_for = [[MMR vaccine controversy]] }} '''Andrew Jeremy Wakefield''' (born 1957) is a former British doctor who became an [[Vaccine hesitancy|anti-vaccine]] activist. He was a gastroenterologist until he was fired and removed from the [[General Medical Council#Registering doctors in the UK|UK medical register]] for unethical behaviour, misconduct and dishonesty. In 1998 he was the lead author of a misleading research paper falsely claiming that there was a link between the [[MMR vaccine|measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine]] and [[autism]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webcache.gmc-uk.org/gmclrmp_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&_sn=oMaMo82xkMABe6AKmG9oobxBnLdQIth.Z.UC7-MQtTKuOSPnh7SZ9nKRbX-VMjY3YuCuh0CeZEPUsx6N0bx9zl0HRaBNLllt3JgPihTu0XhFiO5txRcmBRXjWXNI5i73qKbtp1FOkVqZ05e16Rxtl8iA.hl-R6jKPm8iEPahyng-VDodvbRpDowR8jR.PE1w-S3X95vO-vg_&SWEView=GMC+WEB+Doctor+Search&SRN=&SWEHo=webcache.gmc-uk.org&SWETS=1401564587&SWEApplet=GMC+WEB+Health+Provider+Search+Applet |title=GMC LRMP |access-date=31 May 2014 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305183127/http://webcache.gmc-uk.org/gmclrmp_enu/start.swe?_sn=omamo82xkmabe6akmg9oobxbnldqith.z.uc7-mqttkuospnh7sz9nkrbx-vmjy3yucuh0cezepusx6n0bx9zl0hrabnlllt3jgpihtu0xhfio5txrcmbrxjwxni5i73qkbtp1fokvqz05e16rxtl8ia.hl-r6jkpm8iepahyng-vdodvbrpdowr8jr.pe1w-s3x95vo-vg_&srn=&sweapplet=gmc+web+health+provider+search+applet&swecmd=gotoview&sweho=webcache.gmc-uk.org&swets=1401564587&sweview=gmc+web+doctor+search |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://briandeer.