William Harvey

Biography

• Born 1 April 1578 Folkstone, Kent
• 1593-1597 Caius College, Cambridge
• 1599 – University of Padua
• 1602 – MD, University of Padua
• 1607 – Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
• 1618 – Physician extraordinary to James I
• 1645 – Warden of Merton College, Oxford
• President of the College of Physicians
• Died 3 June 1657

Medical Eponyms

• William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, England

Controversies

• Alternate names: Gulielmi Harveii; Gulielmo Harveo; Gulielmus Harveus

Major Publications

• William H. Prelectiones anatomiae universalis. Lecture notes. 1616 (Published 1886). Contains handwritten notes on the discovery of the circulation of blood.
• William H. Exercitatio Anatomica De Motu Cordis Et Sanguinis In Animalibus. 1628
• William H. An anatomical disquisition on the motion of the heart and blood in animals. London: Sydenham Society. 1847 (1906 reprint)
• William H. On the motion of the heart and blood in animals. London: Bell. 1889 (Alex Bowie revised and edited work of Willis original translation)

References

• Willis R. The works of William Harvey. London: Sydenham Society. 1847
• Power D. William Harvey. London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1897
• Biography: William Harvey. Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Munk’s Roll: Volume 1:124.