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Who was William Harvey? Medical Scientist. Discoverer of the Circulation of the Blood, and Investigation of the Formation of the Embryo. Date and Place of Birth: 1st April 1578, Folkestone, Kent, England. Family Background: Son of a Yeoman Farmer. Education: King's School, Canterbury. Caius College, Cambridge. Chronology: Written Works: 1628: "Anatomical Treatise on the Movement of the Heart and Blood in Animals". 1651: "On the Generation of Animals". Marriage: 1604: To Elizabeth Brown, Daughter of Lancelot Browne, physician to Queen Elizabeth the first and King James the first . Places of Interest: Date and Place of Death: 3rd June 1657, London, England. Age at Death: 79. Site of Grave: St. Andrew’s Church, Hempstead, Essex, England.