The Harveian Oration is a yearly lecture held at the

Royal College of Physicians of London The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

. It was instituted in 1656 by

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 propert ...

, discoverer of the systemic circulation. Harvey made financial provision for the college to hold an annual feast on St. Luke's Day (18 October) at which an oration would be delivered in Latin to praise the college's benefactors and ''to exhort the Fellows and Members of this college to search and study out the secrets of nature by way of experiment''. Until 1865, the Oration was given in Latin, as Harvey had specified, and known as the ''Oratio anniversaria''; but it was thereafter spoken in English. Many of the lectures were published in book form.

Lecturers (incomplete list)

1656–1700

*1656 Edward Emily *1657

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*1659

Daniel Whistler Daniel Whistler (1619–1684) was an English physician. Life The son of William Whistler of Elvington, Oxfordshire, Elvington, Oxfordshire, he was born at Walthamstow in Essex in 1619. He was educated at the school of Thame, Oxfordshire, and e ...

*1660

Thomas Coxe Thomas Coxe (1615–1685) was an English physician. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1635 and an MA in 1638. He was among the initial fellows of the Royal Society, but ran into money difficulties in old age. L ...

*1661 Edward Greaves *1662

Charles Scarburgh Sir Charles Scarborough or Scarburgh MP FRS FRCP (29 December 1615 – 26 February 1694) was an English physician and mathematician.Robert L. Martensen, "Scarburgh, Sir Charles (1615–1694)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxfor ...

*1663

Christopher Terne Christopher Terne M.D. (also Tearne) (1620–1673) was an English physician. Life He was born in Cambridgeshire, entered the University of Leyden on 22 July 1647, and there graduated M.D. In May 1650 he was incorporated first at Cambridge and the ...

*1664 Nathan Paget *1665 Samuel Collins *1666-1678 No Orations due to rebuilding following Great Fire of London *1679 Thomas Millington *1680

Walter Charleton Walter Charleton (2 February 1619 – 24 April 1707) was a natural philosopher and English writer. According to Jon Parkin, he was "the main conduit for the transmission of Epicurean ideas to England".Jon Parkin, ''Science, Religion and Polit ...

*1681 George Rogers *1682 Samuel Collins *1683

Nathaniel Hodges Nathaniel Hodges M.D. (1629–1688) was an English physician, known for his work during the Great Plague of London and his written account ''Loimologia'' of it. Early life The son of Dr. Thomas Hodges, vicar of Kensington, he was born there o ...

*1684

Thomas Alvey Thomas Alvey M.D. (4 May 1645 – 1704) was an English physician. Son of Thomas Alvey, merchant-taylor, of London, he was born in St. Faith's parish on 4 May 1645, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at Merton College, Oxford Mert ...

*1685-1687 No Oration *1688 Henry Paman *1689-1693 No Oration *1694 Charles Goodall *1695-1696 No Oration *1697 Samuel Garth *1698 No Oration *1699 Walter Harris *1700 No Oration

1701–1800

*1701

*1702

*1703 ''No Oration'' *1704 Edward Hulse *1705

*1706

*1707 Walter Harris *1708

Josiah Clerk Josiah Clerk, M.D. (1639–1714) was an English physician, briefly president of the College of Physicians. Life Clerk was matriculated as a pensioner of Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1656, and took the two degrees in medicine, M.B. in 1661, M ...

*1709 Charles Goodall *1710 ''No Oration'' *1711 George Colebrook *1712 ''No Oration'' *1713 Walter Harris *1714-1718 ''No Oration'' *1719

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*1720

John Freind John Freind may refer to: *Sir John Freind (conspirator) or John Friend (died 1696), English civil servant; executed *John Freind (physician) John Freind (1675 – 26 July 1728) was an English physician. Life He was younger brother of Robert ...

*1721 John Hawys *1722

Henry Plumptre Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

*1723

Richard Mead Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'str ...

, Status of Greek and Roman physicians *1724 Richard Hale *1725

Richard Tyson Richard Tyson is an American actor. He is best known as Kaz in '' Hardball'' (1989–1990) as well as his film roles in '' Three O'Clock High'' (1987), '' Two Moon Junction'' (1988), ''Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''Bound to Vengeance'' (2015), and ...

*1726 Walter Harris *1727

John Arbuthnot John Arbuthnot FRS (''baptised'' 29 April 1667 – 27 February 1735), often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London. He is best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his members ...

*1728 Charles Bale *1729

Pierce Dod Pierce Dod FRS, FRCP (1683–1754) was a British physician and opponent of smallpox inoculation. He graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford in 1701, received his MA in 1705, MD in 1714 and was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ...

*1730 ''No Oration'' *1731

Noel Broxholme Noel Broxholme, M.D. (1686–1748), was an English physician. Early life Broxholme was, according to Dr. Stukeley, a native of Stamford, Lincolnshire, of humble origin. He was admitted on the foundation at Westminster School in 1700, and in 1704 ...

*1732 Ralph Bouchier *1733 William Wood *1734

John Hollings John Hollings or Hollins, FRS M.D. (1683?–1739) was an English physician. Hollings was born about 1683, the son of John Hollings, M.D., of Shrewsbury, and formerly fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. After attending Shrewsbury School, he e ...

, ''Status Humanæ Naturæ expositus in Oratione coram Medicis Londinensibus habita'' *1735

Edward Wilmot Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1693–1786) was a surgeon and physician to both George II of Great Britain, George II and George III of Great Britain. He became a successful physician, and his clients included the family of King George II. He wa ...

Book. *1736 Matthew Lee *1737

James Monro James Monro (1838 – 28 January 1920) was a lawyer who became the first Assistant Commissioner (Crime) of the London Metropolitan Police and also served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1888 to 1890. Early career Monro was ...

*1738 John Newington *1739 Frank Nicholls *1740 Simon Burton *1741 Robert Hopwood *1742

Benjamin Hoadly Benjamin Hoadly (14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester. He is best known as the initiator of the Bangorian Controversy. Li ...

*1743 Robert Bankes *1744

Ambrose Dawson Ambrose Dawson (1707–1794) was an English physician. Life The son of William Dawson of Langcliff, Yorkshire, was born at Settle, Yorkshire. After education at Giggleswick School, he entered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1724, and graduated ...

*1745 Charles Cotes *1746 William Battie *1747 James Hawley *1748

Thomas Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at ...

*1749 Charles Feake *1750

William Heberden William Heberden FRS (13 August 171017 May 1801) was an English physician. Life He was born in London, where he received the early part of his education at St Saviour's Grammar School. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) At the end of ...

*1751 William Browne *1752

Edward Milward Edward Milward (1712?–1757) was an English physician and historian of medicine. Life He was born about 1712, probably at Lindridge, Worcestershire, where his family resided. He was entered at Trinity College, Cambridge, but left without graduat ...

*1753 William Coxe *1754 John Thomas Batt *1755 Robert Taylor, ''smallpox inoculation'' *1756 Richard Conyers *1757 John Monro *1758 Anthony Askew *1759 Mark Akenside *1760

Richard Brocklesby Richard Brocklesby (11 August 1722 – 11 December 1797), an English physician, was born at Minehead, Somerset. He was educated at Ballitore, in Ireland, where Edmund Burke was one of his school fellows, studied medicine at Edinburgh, and f ...

*1761 George Baker *1762 Anthony Askew *1763 Charlton Wollaston *1764 William Cadogan *1765 Thomas Heald *1766 Wilkinson Blanshard *1767 ''No Oration (Licentiate rebellion)'' *1768

Richard Warren Richard Warren (c. 1585c.1628) was one of the passengers on the Pilgrim ship '' Mayflower'' and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. Early life Richard Warren married Elizabeth Walker, at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, on 14 April 1610. Eliza ...

*1769 Swithen Adee *1770 Anthony Relhan *1771 John Green *1772 John Lewis Petit *1773 John Turton *1774 Richard Jebb *1775 Donald Monro *1776 Henry Revell Reynolds *1777 Richard Wright *1778 Lucas Pepys *1779 John Burges *1780 John Rawlinson *1781 Richard Budd *1782 Francis Milman *1783 Isaac Pennington *1784 John Parsons *1785

James Hervey James Hervey (26 February 1714 – 25 December 1758) was an English clergyman and writer. Life He was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, and was educated at the Northampton School for Boys, grammar school of Northampton, and at Lincoln Co ...

*1786

David Pitcairn David Pitcairn M.D. (1749–1809) was a Scottish physician. Life Born on 1 May 1749 in Fife, he was eldest son of Major John Pitcairn, who was killed at the battle of Bunker's Hill; Robert Pitcairn (1752–) was his brother. He was sent to Ed ...

*1787 Francis Riollay *1788 Martin Wall *1789 James Robertson Barclay *1790 John Ash *1791 George Fordyce *1792 William Cadogan *1793 John Carmichael Smyth *1794 John Latham *1795 John Mayo *1796 William Saunders *1797 Robert Bourne *1798

Matthew Baillie Matthew Baillie FRS (27 October 1761 – 23 September 1823) was a British physician and pathologist, credited with first identifying transposition of the great vessels (TGV) and situs inversus. Early life and education He was born in the manse ...

*1799 Thomas Monro *1800 Henry Halford

1801–1900

*1801 Edward Roberts *1802

Henry Ainslie Henry Ainslie (21 March 1760 – 1834) was a physician. He was the son of the Kendal physician James Ainslie. Educated at Hawkshead Grammar School and then Pembroke College, Cambridge (where he graduated Senior Wrangler and was second in the S ...

*1803 George Paulet Morris *1804 Arthur Daniel Stone *1805

Sir Christopher Pegge Sir Christopher Pegge M.D. (1765–1822) was an English physician. Life The son of Samuel Pegge the younger, by his first wife, he was born in London. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, as a commoner on 18 April 1782, and graduated B.A. on 23 Fe ...

*1806 Christopher Robert Pemberton *1807 Paggen William Mayo *1808 Richard Powell *1809

William Heberden the Younger William Heberden the Younger (23 March 1767 – 19 February 1845) was a British physician. He was born in London the son of the medical doctor William Heberden the Elder and his wife Mary Wollaston. He was educated at Charterhouse School and St ...

*1810 Robert Willis *1811 *1812 Dr Ash *1813 *1814 Charles Gower *1815

William George Maton William George Maton M.D. (31 January 1774 – 30 March 1835) was an English physician, a society doctor who became associated with the British royal family. He published on natural history and antiquarian topics. Life The son of George Maton, ...

*1816 James Haworth *1817 George Smith Gibbes *1818 William Lambe *1819 John Johnstone *1820 Charles Price *1821 George Gilbert Currey *1822 Thomas Turner *1823 *1824 *1825 Henry Halford *1826 Pelham Warren *1827

Robert Bree Robert Bree, MD (1759–1839) was an English physician. Biography Bree was born at Solihull, Warwickshire, in 1759. He was educated at Coventry and at University College, Oxford, where he graduated on 6 April 1775, and took his B.A. degree on ...

*1828 John Cooke *1829

Clement Hue Clement Hue (1779 – 23 June 1861) was a British physician. Early life and education Hue was born in Jersey, the son of John Hue. He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School). He later studied at Pembrok ...

*1830

John Bright John Bright (16 November 1811 – 27 March 1889) was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, one of the greatest orators of his generation and a promoter of free trade policies. A Quaker, Bright is most famous for battling the Corn La ...

*1831 ''No Oration due to illness'' *1832 James Tattersall *1833

John Ayrton Paris John Ayrton Paris, FRS (178524December 1856) was a British physician. He is most widely remembered as a possible inventor of the thaumatrope, which he published with W. Phillips in April 1825. Life Paris was a medical researcher of distinctio ...

*1834 Edward Thomas Monro *1835 Henry Halford *1836 John Kidd *1837 John Haviland *1838 William Newbigging *1839

Peter Mere Latham Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) was an English physician and "a great medical educator". Life The son of John Latham (1761–1843), he was born on 1 July 1789 in London. Described as "a very delicate child", he attended Sandbach School where he ...

*1840 Charles Badham *1841 Thomas Mayo *1842 ''No Oration'' *1843

William King William King may refer to: Arts * Willie King (1943–2009), American blues guitarist and singer *William King (author) (born 1959), British science fiction author and game designer, also known as Bill King *William King (artist) (1925–2015), Am ...

*1844 James Adey Ogle *1845 Charles Daubeny *1846 John Elliotson, on hypnotism *1847 Henry Herbert Southey,''Dr. Ramadge and the Harveian Oration'' *1848 Francis Hawkins *1849 John Carr Badeley *1850 James Arthur Wilson *1851 John Spurgin *1852

Richard Formby Richard Formby is a British musician, engineer and producer. As well as releasing his own solo music, he has been a member of various bands. Formby produced the albums '' Two Dancers'' (2009) and ''Smother'' (2011) by Wild Beasts, as well as ''Som ...

*1853 ''No Oration'' *1854 James Alderson *1856 George Hamilton Roe *1857 James Copland *1858 George Edward Wilmot Wood *1859 Charles James Berridge Aldis *1860 William Emmanuel Page *1861 Charles Bell *1862 ''No Oration'' *1863 A. J. Sutherland *1864 Robert Lee (Last in Latin) *1865 Henry Wentworth Acland *1866 George Edward Paget *1867 James Alderson *1868 ''No Oration'' *1869 George Owen Rees *1870

William Withey Gull Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (31 December 181629 January 1890) was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology ...

Attack on the Theory of Vitality *1871

Thomas King Chambers Thomas King Chambers (16 October 1817, London – 15 August 1889, Middlesex) was an English physician who published and lectured on diet and digestion. He was among the first to advocate medicine as a career for women. He was a founder and trustee ...

"Restorative Medicine." *1872 Arthur Farre "Analysis of Harvey’s Exercises on generation."/> *1873

George Rolleston George Rolleston MA MD FRCP FRS (30 July 1829 – 16 June 1881) was an English physician and zoologist. He was the first Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to be appointed at the University of Oxford, a post he held from 1860 until ...

*1874 Charles West *1875 William Guy *1876 William Jenner *1877 Edward Henry Sieveking *1878

John Scott Burdon-Sanderson Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1st Baronet, FRS, HFRSE D.Sc. (21 December 182823 November 1905) was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne, and a member of a well known Northumbrian family. Biography He was born at Jesmond ...

*1879

Samuel Wilks Sir Samuel Wilks, 1st Baronet, (2 June 1824 – 8 November 1911) was a British physician and biographer. Early life Samuel Wilks was born on 2 June 1824 in Camberwell, London, the second son of Joseph Barber Wilks, a cashier at the East India H ...

*1880 John William Ogle *1881 Andrew Whyte Barclay *1882 George Johnson, "Cesalpino and Harvey" *1883

Samuel Osborne Habershon Samuel Osborne Habershon (1825 – 22 August 1889) was an English physician. Habershon was born at Rotherham in 1825, and studied medicine (from 1842) at Guy's Hospital, London. He gained numerous scholarships at the university of London, wher ...

"The advancement of science by experimental research." *1884

John Russell Reynolds Sir John Russell Reynolds, 1st Baronet (22 May 1828 – 29 May 1896) was a British neurologist and physician. Reynolds was born in Romsey, Hampshire, as son of John Reynolds, an independent minister, and grandson of Dr. Henry Revell Reynolds. ...

*1885 Richard Quain, ''History and Progress of Medicine'' *1886

Frederick William Pavy Frederick William Pavy (29 May 1829 – 19 September 1911) was a British physician and physiologist and the discoverer of Pavy disease, a cyclic or recurrent physiologic albuminuria. Life Pavy was born in Wroughton and educated at Merc ...

*1887 William H. Stone *1888 Peter Wallwork Latham, ''Blood Changes in Disease'' *1889 James Edward Pollock, ''Progress of Science and Sanitation'' *1890 James Andrew, ''Conditions of the Pulmonary Circulation'' *1891

William Howship Dickinson William Howship Dickinson (9 June 1832 – 9 January 1913) was a British doctor. He was educated at Cambridge and later trained at St George's Hospital. He wrote one of the first accounts of familial kidney disease. Affected family members had ...

, ''Harvey in Ancient and Modern Medicine'' *1892 John Henry Bridges, "Harvey and his successors" *1893

Philip Henry Pye-Smith Philip Henry Pye-Smith FRS FRCP (30 August 1839 – 23 May 1914) was an English physician, medical scientist and educator. His interest was physiology, specialising in skin diseases. Life Philip Pye-Smith was born in 1839 at Billiter Square, L ...

, ''Pathology as the Basis of Rational Medicine'' *1894

Thomas Lauder Brunton Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st Baronet, (14 March 1844 – 16 September 1916) was a British physician who is most-closely associated with the use of amyl nitrite to treat angina pectoris. Early life Brunton was born on 14 March 1844 in Roxburgh ...

, ''Modern Developments of Harvey's Work'' *1895 William Selby Church, ''The Rise of Physiology in England'' *1896

Joseph Frank Payne Joseph Frank Payne (1840–1910) was an English physician, known also as a historian of medicine. Life The son of Joseph Payne, a schoolmaster, and his wife Eliza Dyer who was also a teacher, he was born in the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, ...

, ''Harvey and Galen'' *1897 William Roberts, ''On Science and Modern Civilisation'' *1898 Dyce Duckworth, ''The Influence of Character and Right Judgment in Medicine'' *1899 George Vivian Poore *1900 Thomas Clifford Allbutt, ''Science and Medieval Thought''

1901–2000

*1901 Norman Moore *1902

David Ferrier Sir David Ferrier FRS (13 January 1843 – 19 March 1928) was a pioneering Scottish neurologist and psychologist. Ferrier conducted experiments on the brains of animals such as monkeys and in 1881 became the first scientist to be prosecuted ...

, ''The Heart and Nervous System'' *1903 William Henry Allchin, ''On the Study of Structure in Relation to Function'' *1904

Richard Caton Richard Caton (1842, Bradford – 1926), of Liverpool, England, was a British physician, physiologist and Lord Mayor of Liverpool who was crucial in discovering the electrical nature of the brain and laid the groundwork for Hans Berger to disc ...

, ''I-Em-Hotep and Ancient Egyptian Medicine: Prevention of Valvular Disease'' *1905 Frederick T. Roberts *1906

William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of phys ...

, ''The Growth of Truth as Illustrated in the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood'' *1907 Frederick Taylor, "The need of research in medicine " *1908

Joseph Arderne Ormerod Joseph Arderne Ormerod (7 April 1848, Starston, Norfolk – 5 March 1925) was an English physician, neurologist, and psychiatrist. After education at Rugby School, Joseph Ormerod matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating there B. ...

, ''On Heredity in relation to Disease'' *1909 George Henry Savage, ''On Experimental Psychology and Hypnotism'' *1910 Horatio Bryan Donkin, ''On Inheritance of Mental Characters'' *1911 C. Theodore Williams, ''On Old and New Views on the Treatment of Consumption'' *1912

Sir James Goodhart, 1st Baronet James Goodhart (1845–1916) was an English physician whose work extended into various medical fields, including morbid pathology and paediatrics. He held positions in a number of London hospitals and institutions, including Guy's Hospital and t ...

, ''The Passing of Morbid Anatomy'' *1913

John Mitchell Bruce John Mitchell Bruce (1846–1929) was a British physician, pathologist, and physiologist. Biography After education at Aberdeen Grammar School, J. Mitchell Bruce matriculated at the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated MA in 1866. He st ...

, ''The Influence of Harvey's Work in the Development of the Doctrine of Infection and Immunity'' *1914 Sir Richard Powell,''Advances in Knowledge Regarding the Circulation and Attributes of the Blood Since Harvey's time'' *1915 Sidney Coupland, ''Observations on the Statistics in Regard to Mental Disorders and their Occurrence'' *1916 Thomas Barlow, ''Harvey, The Man and The Physician'' *1917 Robert Saundby, ''Harvey's Work Considered in Relation to Scientific Knowledge and University Education in his Time'' *1918 Percy Kidd, ''On the Doctrine of Consumption in Harvey's Time and Today'' *1919 Raymond Crawfurd, ''On Forerunners of Harvey in Antiquity'' *1920 Frederick Andrewes, ''On the Birth and Growth of Science in Medicine'' *1921 Herbert R. Spencer, ''On William Harvey, Obstetric Physician and Gynaecologist'' *1922 Thomas Hancock Arnold Chaplin, ''On Medicine in the Century before Harvey'' *1923

Ernest Henry Starling Ernest Henry Starling (17 April 1866 – 2 May 1927) was a British physiologist who contributed many fundamental ideas to this subject. These ideas were important parts of the British contribution to physiology, which at that time led the world. ...

, ''The Wisdom of the Body'' *1924 Archibald Edward Garrod, ''The Debt of Science to Medicine'' *1925 Frederick Mott,'' On Heredity in Relation to Mental Disease'' *1926

John Bradford John Bradford (1510–1555) was an English Reformer, prebendary of St. Paul's, and martyr. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for alleged crimes against Queen Mary I. He was burned at the stake on 1 July 1555. Life Bradford was born ...

, ''On the Debt of Medicine to the Experimental Method of Harvey'' *1927

William Hale-White Sir William Hale-White (7 November 1857 – 26 February 1949) was a British physician and medical biographer. He was the son of writer Mark Rutherford. Career Hale-White was appointed an assistant physician at Guy's Hospital in 1886, a physi ...

, ''Bacon, Gilbert and Harvey'' *1928 Sir Humphry Rolleston, Bt, ''Cardio-Vascular Diseases Since Harvey's Discovery'' *1929 Wilmot Herringham, ''The England of Harvey'' *1930

John Beresford Leathes John Beresford Leathes DSc, MA, FRS, FRCS, FRCP (5 November 1864 – 14 September 1956) was a British physiologist and an early biochemist. He was the son of Hebrew scholar Stanley Leathes, and the brother of the poet, historian and First ...

, ''The Birth of Chemical Biology'' *1931 Robert Hutchison, ''Harvey: The Man, his Method, and his Message for us today'' *1932 George Newman, ''The Debt of Preventative Medicine to Harvey and the College of Physicians'' *1933 Thomas Lewis, ''Clinical Science'' *1934

James Collier James William Collier (September 28, 1872 – September 28, 1933) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. Born on the Glenwood Plantation near Vicksburg in 1872, he graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1894 ...

, Inventions and the Outlook in Neurology *1935

Henry Hallett Dale Sir Henry Hallett Dale (9 June 1875 – 23 July 1968) was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Ph ...

, ''Some Epochs in Medical Research'' *1936

Walter Langdon-Brown Sir Walter Langdon-Brown (13 August 1870 – 3 October 1946) was a British medical doctor and writer. Biography He was born in Bedford, the son of the Rev. John Brown of Bunyan's Chapel, Bedford and his wife, Ada Haydon Ford (1837–1929). His ...

, ''The Background to Harvey''BMA book. *1937

Arthur Frederick Hurst Sir Arthur Frederick Hurst, aka Arthur Frederick Hertz FRCP (23 July 1879 – 17 August 1944) was a British physician, and a cofounder of the British Society of Gastroenterology. The society's annual lecture is named for him. Biography Aurt ...

, ''The Time Has Come'' *1938

Edward Mellanby Sir Edward Mellanby (8 April 1884 – 30 January 1955) was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919. Education Mellanby was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner ...

, ''The State and Medical Research'' *1939 Robert Arthur Young, ''The Pulmonary Circulation—Before and After Harvey'' *1940 No Oration due to bombing *1941

Farquhar Buzzard Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard, 1st Baronet, (20 December 187117 December 1945) was a prominent British physician and Regius Professor of Medicine (Oxford), Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1928–1943). Career Farquhar ...

, ''Reconstruction in the practice of medicine'' (Oration not delivered but published only). *1942 William Wilson Jameson, ''War and the Advancement of Social Medicine'' *1943 William Hume, ''The Physician in War - In Harvey's Time and After'' *1944 Edmund Spriggs, ''Harveian Method in Literature'' (Delivered in Manchester) *1945 John Parkinson, ''Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease'' *1946 Maurice Cassidy, ''Coronary Disease'' *1947 Charles Ernest Lakin, ''Our founders and benefactors'' *1948 Francis Martin Rouse Walshe, ''The Structure of Medicine and its Place amongst the Sciences'' *1949 Geoffrey Marshall, ''Individuality in Medicine'' *1950

Leonard Parsons Sir Leonard Gregory Parsons MRCS FRCP FRCOG FRS (25 November 1879 - 17 December 1950) was a British Paediatrician. Parsons studied at Mason College and the University of Birmingham from 1896 to 1903. He graduated with a University of Lond ...

, ''The Influence of Harvey and his Contemporaries on Paediatrics'' *1951

Archibald Gray Reverend Archibald Gray (died 1831) was an influential Presbyterian minister in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served in the St. Matthew's United Church (Halifax) for 30 years (1795–1826). Gray was a native of Morayshire and a graduate of King's C ...

, ''Dermatology from the Time of Harvey'' *1952 Charles McMoran Wilson, ''On Credulity'' *1953

George Graham George Graham (born 30 November 1944), nicknamed "Stroller", is a Scottish former Association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. In his successful playing career, he made 455 appearances in England's Football ...

, ''The Value of Physiology in Medicine'' *1954

Charles Symonds Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Putnam Symonds (11 April 1890 – 7 December 1978) was an English neurologist and a senior medical officer in the Royal Air Force. His initial medical training was at Guy's Hospital, followed by specialised trainin ...

, ''The Circle of Willis'' *1955

John Charles William John Charles (27 December 1931 – 21 February 2004) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre-forward or as a centre-back. Best known for his first stint at Leeds United and Juventus, he was rated by many as the greatest all-ro ...

, ''The Contrivance of Collegiation''Book reprinted from ''The Lancet''. *1956 J. Crighton Bramwell, ''Practice, Teaching and Research'' *1957 Donald Hunter, ''Harvey and his Contemporaries'' *1958

Geoffrey Keynes Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes ( ; 25 March 1887, Cambridge – 5 July 1982, Cambridge) was a British surgeon and author. He began his career as a physician in World War I, before becoming a doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where h ...

, ''Harvey through John Aubrey's eyes'' *1959

Russell Brain Walter Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain (23 October 1895 – 29 December 1966) was a British neurologist. He was principal author of the standard work of neurology, ''Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System'', and longtime editor of the homonymo ...

, ''William Harvey, Neurologist'' *1960

Francis Richard Fraser Sir Francis Richard Fraser (14 February 1885 – 2 October 1964) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, the Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh and member of the Royal Society, and Susanna Margaret Du ...

, ''The Challenge to the Medical Profession'' *1961 Arthur Peregrine Thomson, ''The Consummation of William Harvey'' *1962

Harold Himsworth Sir Harold Percival (Harry) Himsworth, KCB, FRS (19 May 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a British scientist, best known for his medical research on diabetes mellitus. Early life He was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the son of Joseph ...

, ''Society and the Advancement of Natural Knowledge'' *1963

Aubrey Lewis Sir Aubrey Julian Lewis, FRCP, FRCPsych (8 November 1900 – 21 January 1975), was the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London (now part of King's College London), and is credited with being a driving force behind ...

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