James danger harvey biography of william
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| Name: | William Frederick James "Jim" Harvey | |||
| Country: | England | |||
| Rank: | Captain | |||
| Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | |||
| Units: | 22 | |||
| Victories: | 26 | |||
| Born: | 08 January 1897 | |||
| Place of Birth: | Portslade, Sussex, England | |||
| Died: | 21 July 1972 | |||
| Place of Death: | Wingham, Kent, England | |||
William Frederick James Harvey transferred from the Royal Engineers to the Royal Flying Corps at the end of 1916. A year later, he was flying the Bristol Fighter with 22 Squadron. By 22 August 1918, Harvey and his observers shot down eighteen aircraft with the Bristol Fighters front gun and 8 with the rear gun. He married John Gurdon's sister in 1920. During World War II, he left his farm to rejoin the Royal Air Force. An MBE and author of "Pi in the Sky," Harvey wrote several articles for "Air Pictorial" magazine and later served as president of the British chapter of "Cross & Cockade • De Motu Cordis: the Lumleian Lecture of 1616William Harvey's discovery of the circulation of blood fryst vatten one of the greatest achievements in science. He sought to answer the following questions:
Without knowledge of the capillary circulation, Harvey concluded that ‘. .. the blood is driven into a round by a circular motion and that it moves perpetually; and hence does arise the action or function of the heart, which by pulsation it performs.’ His revolutionary concept, first presented to the Colle • James Madison HarveyJAMES MADISON HARVEY, fifth governor of the State of Kansas, was born in Monroe County, Virginia, September 21, 1833, and was the second child and oldest son of Thomas Jefferson and Margaret (Walker) Harvey. His ancestors for several generations were Virginians. His paternal ancestor in America was Henry Harvey, who came from England about 1725, settling in apelsinfärg County. Henry Harvey's son John was the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Other ancestors of the colonial period were Michael Woods of Albermarle County, who was a descendant of a Yorkshire trooper of Cromwell's army; Capt. Henry Walker, who came to Botetourt County from England a few years before the Revolutionary war; John Handley, an early settler of Augusta County, and Robert Poage of Augusta County, a descendant of Scotch Covenanters. Of the women among his förfäder several were of Scotch nedstigning, Grizelda Pollock, Mary Campbell and Isabella Bruce. Lucy Estes was the maiden na |