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William Harvey was born April 1, 1578 in Folkstone, Kent, England. He was an English physician who studied at Cambridge University and later at the University of Padua. He was sent to work at St. Bartholemew's Hospital in 1609. He became one of James I's physician and still was one of Charles I physician's. Harvey's education of blood circulation overturned the work of Galen and advanced that of Andreas Vesalius and Hieronymus Fabricuis. In 1628 his Anatomical Exercise Concerning the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals recorded his findings. It clarified the heart valves and proved that blood did not pass throught the septum in the heart. William Harvey died in London, England in June 3, 1657. Some interesting things Harvey discovered was the circulation of blood Harvey has made a huge impact on modern medicine. Harvey graduated with honors from Padua University in 1602 and then he returned to England in where he earned another medical degree at Cambridge University. He wrote many pieces explaining how the heart functioned and how blood was pumped throughout the body. His 1651 Essays on the Generation of Animals is considered the basis of modern embryology. He was recognized as the medical leader of his day even despite the uproar on some of his theories. he was known to lived a very sucessful charmed life full of many discovieries which shaped modern medicine as we know it today. Some personal notes was that he was the oldest of seven children as I said was born in 1578 in Kent, England. His father was a small peasent farmer he was prosperous and a hard wroker and eventually beacme better off. He also became known as Britians great Rennaisance man. He went on to marry the daughter of Queen Eilizabeth's physician this kinda meant he didnt have to work that hard to make a living since he already had a pretty good connection. He proved that the pulse reflected heart contractions.