2. • Harvey was an English physician and a natural historian.
• Worked for the royal family until he died.
• In 1618 he became the physician to King James.
• Studied at Cambridge, one of the best medical schools in Europe.
• He became famous for discovering how blood circulated in animals.

3. • Studied at Cambridge University
• Studied at Folkestone, where he learned Latin
• Studied at King’s School in Canterbury
• Graduated as a bachelor of arts in 1597
• Travelled through Germany-Italy and went to Padua University in 1599

4. • Proved to society the pulse is a contraction, not a dilatation.
• Proved that pulse is produced by arteries being filled with blood
• There are no pores in the septum of the
heart
• Blood in arteries and veins is the same type
of blood
• The heart is the very center of the
circulatory system

5. • Harvey contributed to the William Harvey
Research Foundation
• Big impact on heart surgeons
• People maybe wouldn’t know how to treat
heart attacks
• Found similarities between the weather and circulatory system
• Without his discoveries we might not have modern heart medicine

7. • Greatly influenced by Aristole
• Was influenced by new technologies
• Dr. Walter Pagel was an influence
• Influenced by Fabriciuic ab Aquapendente
• Influenced by Galileo Galilei.

8. • Anglican
• Anglican was a type of Christianity
• Was conformed to the established church
• No evidence of him having serious religion

9. Websites:
http://worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar247920&st=
william+harvey
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/will
iamharvey.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey
http://www.nndb.com/people/269/000085014/
Pictures:
http://ericflint.wikia.com/wiki/William_Harvey