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