WILLIAM HARVEY
(1578 - 1657)
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17th century English physician and anatomist. He is famous for his discovery of the circulation of blood in 1616, his theory explained in his ' Essays on the Motion of the Heart and Blood' which was published in 1628.

Harvey was physician at St Bartholemew's hospital in 1609. He became royal physician to King Charles I in 1630 and attended the monarch during the Civil War. In 1651, he published a work maintaining that every animal develops from an ovum (egg, c.f. autogenesis) and was elected President of the College of Physicians in 1654.

His collected works were issued as two volumes in 1766.


Harvey arrived with King Charles I at Oxford from the first battle of the Civil War at Edgehill in 1642. Here he met the student Nathaniel Highmore - the two physicians formed a life-long friendship and both worked on the circulation of blood.

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1616British physician William Harvey discovers the circulation of blood
1628Publication of William Harvey\'s Essays on the Motion of the Heart and Blood
1630William Harvey becomes Royal Physician to Charles I
1642Physician William Harvey meets Nathaniel highmore at Oxford
1651British physician William Harvey publishes his theory that all organsims originate from an ovum (egg)
1654Election of William Harvey as President of the College of Physicians

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