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| Author: | tycho [ Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sir Eliab Harvey |
A forum member has drawn my attention to this book: 'Merchants, Medicine and Trafalgar' by Richard Morris OBE, a history of the Harvey family, which includes Sir Eliab Harvey who commanded the Temeraire at Trafalgar. (The Alderton Press). Harvey was an eccentric character, with a ferocious temper, and with a reputation for gaming and general wildness. Richard Morris's researches 'shed new light on Admiral Harvey's behaviour both as a hero at Trafalgar and in his domestic life.' I was interested to learn that one of his ancestors was William Harvey, discoverer of the circulation of the blood. |
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