Quick Facts

• NAME: William Harvey
• OCCUPATION: Doctor, Physiologist, Journalist
• BIRTH DATE: April 01, 1578
• DEATH DATE: June 03, 1657
• EDUCATION: Gonville and Caius College, University of Padua
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Folkestone, England
• PLACE OF DEATH: London, England

Best Known For

William Harvey was a 17th-century British physician who became the first to document an understanding of blood circulation.