People from Folkestone - William Harvey, Walter Tull, Sheila Sherlock, Noel Redding, Edith Pechey, Gerald Sinstadt, List of People from Folkest (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: William Harvey, Walter Tull, Sheila Sherlock, Noel Redding, Edith Pechey, Gerald Sinstadt, List of people from Folkestone, William Hall-Jones, Andrew Davenport, A. E. Coppard, Lynn Picknett, John Quested, Pete Kircher, Charles Bousfield Huleatt, Mabel Love, Russell Milton, Phil Vickery, Michael Hogben, William Richard Cotter, Graham Barlow, David Essenhigh, Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd, Mark Barham, Billy Hughes, Len Quested, Kitty Gordon, Charles Woollven, Ricky Reina, Mary Martin, Lesley Brook, Vernon Harris, George Posford, Carl Gilbert, Grayston Burgess, Dave Wiltshire. Excerpt: William Harvey (1 April 1578 - 3 June 1657) was an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart. After his death "The William Harvey Hospital" was constructed in the town of Ashford, several miles from his birthplace of Folkestone. Harvey's father Thomas Harvey, was a jurat of Folkestone where he served the office of 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, Chigwell, in Essex. Harvey's initial education was carried out in Folkestone, where he learned Latin. He then entered the King's School (Canterbury). Harvey remained at the King's School for five years, after which he joined Caius College in Cambridge. Harvey graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Caius College in 1597. He then traveled through France and...