Bill Harvey (golfer)
William Harvey (1578–1657) was an English physician who made the first exact description of blood circulation. William, Will, Willie, Billie or Bill Harvey may also refer to: Academics * William Harvey (priest) (1810–1883), English cleric and academic, amateur cricketer *William R. Harvey (born 1941), African American educator, academic administrator, and businessman * William F. Harvey (), American law professor Arts and entertainment *William Harvey (artist) (1796–1866), English wood-engraver *William Alexander Harvey (1874–1951), English architect *Bill Harvey (bandleader) (1918–1964), American bandleader *William S. Harvey (1920–1993), American graphic designer and art director with Elektra Records Military and intelligence * William Edwin Harvey (general) (1871–1922), lawyer and U.S. Army officer *William Frederick James Harvey (1897–1972), World War I flying ace *William King Harvey (1915–1976), CIA officer Politicians British Members of Parliament *Will ...
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William Harvey
William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and the rest of the body by the heart, though earlier writers, such as Realdo Colombo, Michael Servetus, and Jacques Dubois, had provided precursors of the theory. Family William's father, Thomas Harvey, was a jurat of Folkestone where he served as mayor in 1600. Records and personal descriptions delineate him as an overall calm, diligent, and intelligent man whose "sons... revered, consulted and implicitly trusted in him... (they) made their father the treasurer of their wealth when they acquired great estates...(He) kept, employed, and improved their gainings to their great advantage." Thomas Harvey's portrait can still be seen in the central panel of a wall of the dining room at Rolls Park, Chig ...
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