William Harvey

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William Harvey was a 17th-century English physician best known for discovering and describing the circulation of blood in the human body.

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instanceOf alumnus of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
alumnus of the University of Padua ⓘ
anatomist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
birthDate 1578-04-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Folkestone, Kent, England ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
challengedTheory Galenic theory of blood ebb and flow ⓘ
commemoratedBy Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians ⓘ
Harvey Society in New York ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
deathDate 1657-06-03 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
degree Doctor of Medicine from the University of Padua ⓘ
demonstrated that blood circulates continuously through the body ⓘ
that veins contain valves directing blood toward the heart ⓘ
education Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ⓘ
King's School, Canterbury ⓘ
University of Padua ⓘ
era Scientific Revolution ⓘ
father Thomas Harvey ⓘ
fieldOfWork anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
knownFor demonstrating that the heart acts as a pump ⓘ
discovery of the systemic circulation of blood ⓘ
quantitative experiments on blood flow ⓘ
legacy foundational figure in modern cardiovascular physiology ⓘ
memberOf Royal College of Physicians ⓘ
methodologicalContribution use of quantitative reasoning in physiology ⓘ
mother Joan Halke ⓘ
name William Harvey ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus ⓘ
notableWorkEnglishTitle An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals ⓘ
occupation anatomy lecturer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
royal physician ⓘ
positionHeld Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ⓘ
Lumleian Lecturer in Anatomy at the Royal College of Physicians ⓘ
physician extraordinary to King James I of England ⓘ
physician in ordinary to King Charles I of England ⓘ
physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital, London ⓘ
publicationYearOfNotableWork 1628 ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
sibling Eliab Harvey ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Browne ⓘ
teacher Hieronymus Fabricius ⓘ

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subject linked to: Harvey Society in New York
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subject linked to: Harvey Society in New York
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