Dr. William Harvey

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gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Royal_College_of_Physicians
gptkbp:awards Royal_Society_Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate 1578-04-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Folkestone,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Harvey_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution understanding of the heart
experimental medicine
scientific method in medicine
blood flow dynamics
physiology of the heart
gptkbp:deathDate 1657-06-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Whitehall,_London
gptkbp:famousFor Harvey's_law_of_circulation
gptkbp:field medicine
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gptkbp:influenced gptkb:René_Laennec
gptkb:Carl_Sagan
gptkb:Emil_von_Behring
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:Michio_Kaku
gptkb:Katherine_Freese
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gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Louis_Pasteur
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
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gptkb:Edward_Witten
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gptkb:Brian_Greene
gptkb:Joseph_Lister
gptkb:Sabine_Hossenfelder
gptkb:Nima_Arkani-Hamed
gptkb:David_Deutsch
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gptkb:Carl_Ludwig
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gptkb:William_Beaumont
Neil deGrasse Tyson
anatomy
modern physiology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Galen
gptkbp:knownFor discovering the circulation of blood
the concept of blood circulation
gptkbp:legacy foundational work in cardiovascular medicine
gptkbp:nationality English
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gptkb:Thomas_Sydenham
gptkb:Richard_Lower
gptkb:Thomas_Willis
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:De_Motu_Cordis
gptkbp:occupation physician
gptkbp:research anatomy and physiology
gptkbp:researchField cardiovascular physiology
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Harvey