William harvey biography ks2 past

• William Harvey was an English doctor who was born in 1578.
• He studied at the University of Padua in Italy, where Andreas Vesalius had carried out his dissectionThe action of cutting apart the body of an animal or plant to examine its internal structure.

  and work on anatomyThe science dealing with the structure of animals and plants.

• Harvey achieved his medical qualifications and returned to England.
• He worked for most of his career at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.
• He was a fellow of the Royal College of PhysiciansAn organisation set up in 1518 to share ideas and set high standards for qualified physicians in England.
• He went on to become the physician of James I.

Harvey's ideas on circulation

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