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Harvey is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning "soldier" or "man-at-arms". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as "Hervé". It is also used as a given name. As a given name, the diminutive Harry is sometimes used. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... Historical province of Brittany, showing the main areas with their name in Breton language The traditional flag of Brittany (the Gwenn-ha-du), formerly a Breton nationalist symbol but today used as a general civic flag in the region. ... Mercenary (disambiguation). ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Hervey, also known as Hervé or Hervé le Breton (died August 30, 1131) was a Breton cleric who was Bishop of Bangor from 1092 to 1109 and later Bishop of Ely. ... Look up Harry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Places

Harvey is a common place-name in some English-speaking countries. In geography and cartography, a toponym is a place name, a geographical name, a proper name of locality, region, or some other part of Earths surface or its natural or artificial feature. ...

In the United States, the names of the following cities and counties
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Harvey is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Harvey is a city located in Marion County, Iowa. ... Harvey is a census-designated place and town located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. ... Harvey is a city in Wells County,it is also the dead hobo capital of the world // Harvey is located at (47. ... Harvey County (standard abbreviation: HV) is a county in the State of Kansas, located in the south central portion of the state, along the Little Arkansas River. ... Harvey () townsite is Western Australia, 140 km south of Perth. ... Harvey (also called Harvey Station) is a village on Harvey Lake in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada, approximately 45 kilometres southwest of Fredericton. ... Welcome sign at the northern village limit of Harvey Station Harvey Station (2001 pop. ...

People

As surname

Alfred Harvey is the founder of comic book publisher Harvey Comics. ... André Harvey, PC (born September 16, 1941) is a consultant, politician and former teacher in Quebec, Canada. ... Anthony Harvey (born June 3, 1931) is a British film editor and director. ... The Society of the United Irishmen was a political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought independence from Great Britain. ... Bryan Harvey (c. ... James Colin Harvey was born in Liverpool on 16 November 1944. ... David Harvey (born February 7, 1948 in Leeds, England) was for many years the reserve goalkeeper for Leeds United during their glory era of the 1960s and 1970s and yet is more fondly remembered than the man who blocked his path for so long. ... David Harvey, 1990s David Harvey (b. ... Domino Harvey (b. ... Francis J. Harvey Dr. Francis J. Harvey was sworn in on November 19, 2004 as the 19th Secretary of the Army. ... Victoria Cross, Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Victoria Cross (official post-nominal letters VC) is the highest award for valour that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service and civilians under military command. ... Francis J. Harvey Francis J. Harvey served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 19, 2004 to March 9, 2007. ... Frederick Henry Harvey (June 27, 1835–February 9, 1901) was an entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, souvenir shops, and hotels, which served rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Gulf Coast and Santa Fe Railway, the Kansas Pacific Railway, the St. ... Gerry Harvey Gerry Harvey is an Australian entrepreneur. ... A Harvey Norman superstore in Australia. ... Hayward Augustus Harvey (17 January 1824-28 August 1893) was an American inventor and industrialist. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Harvey armour was a type of steel armour developed in the early 1890s in which the front surfaces of the plates were case hardened. ... Jeff Harvey (born 1957 in Toronto, Canada) is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Multitrophic Interactions at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, and formerly an editor of Nature. ... Jeffrey A. Harvey a string theorist at University of Chicago. ... For other persons named John Harvey, see John Harvey (disambiguation). ... Kenneth Eugene Harvey (born March 1, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is a first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals. ... Laurence Harvey (October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973) was an Academy Award-nominated Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films. ... Leslie (Les) Harvey (brother of Alex Harvey) was a guitarist several Scottish bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Stone the Crows. ... |}Louis Powell Harvey (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1862) was an American politician and the seventh governor of Wisconsin. ... For Michael Harvey, the type designer and calligrapher, see Michael Harvey (lettering artist) For Michael Harvey, the software executive, see Michael Harvey (software executive) Michael Harvey, aka MC Harvey, (born 1 May 1979, Battersea, London) is a British musical artist. ... Harvey competing in The Games in 2003. ... Michael C. Harvey was an African American inventor. ... Nicholas Barton Harvey (born 3 August 1961) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ... For the Stuckist artist, see Paul Harvey (artist). ... {{Infobox afl player | firstname = Robert | lastname = Harvey | birthdate = August 21, 1971 ) | birthplace = | originalteam = Seaford | heightweight = 181cm / 84kg | dead = alive | deathdate = | deathplace = | debutdate = Round 19, 6 August 1988 | debutteam = St Kilda | debutopponent = Footscray | debutstadium = Western Oval | playingteams = St Kilda (1988-present) 358 games, 208 goals | coach = notcoach | coachingteams = | statsend = round 21... Robert Harvey is a singer, born May 21, 1983 and is best known as the vocalist of the English rock band The Music. ... For the AIDS activist also named Steve Harvey, see Lenford Harvey. ... Tim Harvey (born November 20, 1961 in Farnborough, London) is a racing driver from England. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... Harvey is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. ... This article is about William Harvey, the English doctor. ... William Henry Harvey (1811-1866) was an Irish botanist. ...

As given name

Baron Harvey of Tasburgh, of Tasburgh in the County of Norfolk, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century. ... Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor from New York City. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Saint Hervé (Harvey, Herveus, Houarniaule, Huva) of Brittany is a Breton saint of the sixth century. ...

Works of art

  • Harvey (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit
  • Harvey (film), a film starring James Stewart, based on the play
  • The Harvey Girls, a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams and a 1946 musical based on the book
  • "Harvey" (musical group), a progressive metal band formed in Cincinati, OH. November, 2005

Harvey is a play by Mary Chase. ... Harvey is a 1950 film based on Mary Chases Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull. ... The Harvey Girls is a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams about Fred Harveys famous Harvey Houses, which was subsequently made into a 1946 MGM musical. ...

Fictional characters

Two-Face, from Batman #234, August 1971. ... ... For the television series, see Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series). ... Harvey is a fictional character on the science fiction television show Farscape. ...

Other

Harvey armour was a type of steel armour developed in the early 1890s in which the front surfaces of the plates were case hardened. ... Casper the Friendly Ghost in Theres Good Boos To-Night (1948). ... The Harvey Wallbanger is an alcoholic beverage or cocktail made with vodka, Galliano, and orange juice. ... , Hayle (Cornish: ) is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, UK. The parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935, and incorporated part of St Erth in 1937. ... The name Harvey has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. ... Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a comedic American animated television series created by Williams Street that airs on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. ... Harvey Danger is a rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992, and rose to prominence in 1998 with the single Flagpole Sitta. The band released a new album in 2005, Little by Little. ... Seattle redirects here. ... The V sign is a hand gesture in which the first and second fingers are raised and parted, whilst the remaining fingers are clenched. ... Harvey Smith (born 29th December 1938) is a former show jumping champion. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Downtown Asheville bustles with activity at midday while smog silently obscures the Smoky Mountains to the west. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Encyclopedia4U - William Harvey - Encyclopedia Article (468 words)
Born in Folkestone, Harvey studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in 1597, and then he studied medicine at the prestigious University of Padua under Fabricius, graduating in 1602.
Harvey was still regarded as an excellent doctor, he was personal physician to James I (1618-25) and Charles I (1625-47) and the Lumleian lecturer to the Royal College of Physicians (1615-56).
Harvey's work did much to encourage others to investigate the questions raised by his research, and to revive the Muslim tradition of scientific medicine expressed by Nafis, Ibn Sina and of course Rhazes.
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