HARVEY, William

Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. Originally published by Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2004.

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William HARVEY

Biography

Name William HARVEY
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical physician (MD) (Professor of Anatomy & Surgery. Physician to ChI JI. Physician to Barts. Author.)
Period of medical practice 1602-1657
Place of birth England (b Folkestone Kent (1st son of Thomas Harvey, yeoman))
Date of birth 1 Apr 1578
Date of death 2 Jun 1657
Address St Peter le Poer 1657 (will). Roehampton, Surrey, 1657 (died). Hempstead, Essex, 1657 (bur).
Other notes Ca 1593 BA 1597. MD Padua 1602 incorp Ca 1602 incorp Ox 1642. CRCP 1604 FRCP 1607. Royalist. Keynes, "Life", 37. More on cards.

Known London address

House in precincts of St Martin Ludgate,OB quarter
Parish St Martin Ludgate
Ward Faringdon Within
Date 1604-39
Whitehall Palace
Date 1639

College membership

Date of BA 1597
Medical education (university) Italy (Padua, Bologna, Ferrara, Venice)
Medical education (years) 5
Date of MD 1602
Degree incorporated into Oxford University Yes
Degree incorporated into Cambridge University Yes
Date became Candidate 05/10/1604
Date became Fellow 05/06/1607
Date of Candidacy 1604-1607
Date of Fellowship 1607-1657
Date elected censor 1613-1629
Date made Elect 1627
Date elected Treasurer 1628-1629
Date elected Consiliarius 1654-1656
Lectureship Lumleian Lecturer 1615-57
Offices held Ce 1613,1625,1629. Tr 1628,1629 (res.). El P 1654 but declined
Other notes Ca 1593. MD Padua 1602
Date of birth 1 Apr 1578
Date of death 2 Jun 1657