Folkestone, England
James Yoo
Jason Gabunilas
William Harvey
Summary of Major Works / I wrote An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals, which was based upon my extensive research involving my theorized circulatory system and another work titled The Anatomical Exercises: De Muto Cordis and De Circulatione SanguinisI later wrote the Essays on the Generation of Animals, a series of papers dealing with the growth of living organisms.
Job Objective / I am hoping to become a prestigious and highly-acclaimed physician. To achieve this, my research must be accepted by the public, which I hope becomes of it.
Employment / Along with my scientific studies, I have been employed by kings James I and Charles I of England as their personal physician. I also worked as a lecturer for the Royal College of Physicians in England. Unfortunately, I had to decline my election for president of the college in 1654 due to my severe illness.
Personality References / “Harvey’s doctrine of the circulation has the potential to explode Galenic physiology.” –Jean Riolan
“Harvey's proof ‘of the continuous circulation of the blood within a contained system was the seventeenth century's most significant achievement in physiology and medicine.’” –Anonymous
“Harvey was a great genius in an age rich with genius. Galen's doctrines, grooved into the collective conscious of medicine, were a tough hurdle. To get around them, Harvey had to show us more than a clear head and keen insight. He had to give us all a lesson in dancing to our own drum.” –John Lienhard
Qualifications/Life Experiences / I have done extensive research in the areas of anatomy and the human reproductive system. I focused particularly on blood circulation on fertilization of the egg cell. Most of my discoveries and theories were based on accurate animal dissections.
Education and Training / I received an early college education at the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1597 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. I then underwent further studies in Italy at the University of Padua. I graduated from there in 1602 with a doctorate in medicine. I was trained under the great mentor Hieronymus Fabricius.