<P> William Harvey ( 1 April 1578 -- 3 June 1657 ) was an English physician who made seminal 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 body by the heart , though earlier writers , such as Realdo Colombo , Michael Servetus , and Jacques Dubois , had provided precursors of the theory . In 1973 the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford , a few miles from his birthplace of Folkestone . </P>
<P> William Harvey ( 1 April 1578 -- 3 June 1657 ) was an English physician who made seminal 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 body by the heart , though earlier writers , such as Realdo Colombo , Michael Servetus , and Jacques Dubois , had provided precursors of the theory . In 1973 the William Harvey Hospital was constructed in the town of Ashford , a few miles from his birthplace of Folkestone . </P>
who discovered systemic blood circulation system in human body
who discovered systemic blood circulation system in human body
William Harvey
William Harvey