Thomas Hobbes vs William Harvey
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Compare the life timelines of Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and William Harvey (1578–1657) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1588 to 1657.
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Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
- — Born in Westport, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Verified
- — Studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford Verified
- — Became tutor to William Cavendish, beginning a lifelong connection with the Cavendish family Verified
- — Published his English translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War Verified
- — Fled to Paris ahead of the English Civil War Verified
- — Served as mathematics tutor to the future King Charles II in Paris Verified
- — Published Leviathan Verified
- — Returned to England and submitted to the Council of State Verified
- — Published verse translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in his late eighties Verified
- — Died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, aged 91 Verified
William Harvey (1578–1657)
- — Born in Folkestone, Kent Verified
- — Studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Verified
- — Earned his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Padua Verified
- — Married Elizabeth Browne Verified
- — Appointed physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London Verified
- — Appointed Lumleian Lecturer of the College of Physicians Verified
- — Became physician to King James I and later Charles I Verified
- — Published De Motu Cordis, announcing the circulation of the blood Verified
- — Published De Generatione Animalium on animal reproduction Verified
- — Died at Roehampton Verified