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William HARVEY

Biography


Name	William HARVEY
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Professor of Anatomy & Surgery. Physician to ChI JI. Physician to Barts. Author.)
Period of medical practice	1602-1657
Place of birth	England (b Folkestone Kent (1st son of Thomas Harvey, yeoman))
Date of birth	1 Apr 1578
Date of death	2 Jun 1657
Address	St Peter le Poer 1657 (will). Roehampton, Surrey, 1657 (died). Hempstead, Essex, 1657 (bur).
Other notes	Ca 1593 BA 1597. MD Padua 1602 incorp Ca 1602 incorp Ox 1642. CRCP 1604 FRCP 1607. Royalist. Keynes, "Life", 37. More on cards.

Known London address


	House in precincts of St Martin Ludgate,OB quarter
Parish	St Martin Ludgate
Ward	Faringdon Within
Date	1604-39
	Whitehall Palace
Date	1639

College membership


Date of BA	1597
Medical education (university)	Italy (Padua, Bologna, Ferrara, Venice)
Medical education (years)	5
Date of MD	1602
Degree incorporated into Oxford University	Yes
Degree incorporated into Cambridge University	Yes
Date became Candidate	05/10/1604
Date became Fellow	05/06/1607
Date of Candidacy	1604-1607
Date of Fellowship	1607-1657
Date elected censor	1613-1629
Date made Elect	1627
Date elected Treasurer	1628-1629
Date elected Consiliarius	1654-1656
Lectureship	Lumleian Lecturer 1615-57
Offices held	Ce 1613,1625,1629. Tr 1628,1629 (res.). El P 1654 but declined
Other notes	Ca 1593. MD Padua 1602
Date of birth	1 Apr 1578
Date of death	2 Jun 1657