William Harvey
(1578-1657)

Died aged 79

William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and the rest of the body by the heart, though earlier writers, such as Realdo Colombo, Michael Servetus, and Jacques Dubois, had provided precursors of the theory.

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Near this spot was born on 1st April 1578 William Harvey the world renowned scientist and discoverer of the circulation of the blood. His father and mother attended the nearby parish church and his father was Mayor of Folkestone in the year 1586, 1599, 1601 and 1611 + Piu-arde piu splende +

4a and 4b Church Street, Folkestone, United Kingdom where they was born near (1578)