Gender: Male
Popularity Rank: #1,709,792
William Wigan Harvey was an English cleric and academic. Born at Great Stanmore, he was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of King's in 1831, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Later he was rector of Buckland, and then of Ewelme, a controversial appointment that brought criticism on William Gladstone. He died at Ewelme.
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The name William Harvey is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a First Name.
William Harvey is predominantly used in countries such as United States of America, Colombia, and United Kingdom.
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At NamesLook, the name William Harvey is recorded 6 times globally, ranking it as the 1,709,792th most common name worldwide.
William Harvey is most prevalent in United States of America, with 3 occurrences, making it the 219,179th most popular name in the country.
William Wigan Harvey was an English cleric and academic. Born at Great Stanmore, he was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of King's in 1831, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Later he was rector of Buckland, and then of Ewelme, a controversial appointment that brought criticism on William Gladstone. He died at Ewelme.
William Harvey (1754–1779) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1775 to 1779.
William Harvey was a British wood-engraver and illustrator.
William Harvey 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.
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