Born 1 Apr 1578; died 3 Jun 1657 at age 79.
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English #physician who discovered the true nature of the #circulation of the #blood and of the function of the #heart as a pump. Functional knowledge of the heart and the circulation had remained almost at a standstill ever since the time of the Greco-Roman physician Galen, 1,400 years earlier.
Harvey’s courage, penetrating intelligence, and precise methods were to set the pattern for #research in biology and other sciences for succeeding generations, so that he shares with William Gilbert, investigator of the magnet, the credit for initiating accurate experimental research throughout the world.
