HARVEY, Sir Robert John Harvey, 1 Baronet (eld. son of the preceding). b. 16 April 1817; sheriff of Norfolk 1863; M.P. for Thetford 12 July 1865 to 11 Nov. 1868 when it was disfranchised by Reform act of 1867; created baronet 8 Dec. 1868; shot himself with a pistol at Crown point hall, Norwich 19 July 1870.
HARVEY, Thomas. b. Barnsley, Yorkshire 1812; ed. at Ackworth sch. 1822–5; chemist Leeds about 1837–67; in the West Indies enquiring into condition of negroes 1836–7; in Finland aiding the unarmed inhabitants 1856; visited Jamaica about the Gordon riots 1866; visited the Mennonites in Russia and aided them to emigrate to Canada 1867; went to Canada to see the Friends 1884; author with J. Sturge of The West Indies in 1837, 1838; with W. Brewin of Jamaica in 1866, a narrative of a tour 1867 and 12 pamphlets. d. Headingley near Leeds 25 Dec. 1884. bur. Adel near Leeds 29 Dec. Times 30 Dec. 1884 p. 4; J. N. Nodal’s Bibliography of Ackworth sch. (1889) 12–13.
HARVEY, Thomas Hingston (3 son of Rev. William Woodis Harvey 1798–1864). b. Penzance 26 Feb. 1831; solicitor at Truro 1855–63; practised at Constantinople 1863 to death; solicitor to the Pacha of Egypt; accompanied admiral Hobart to Syra in Crete to advise him on international law 1872; author of The tourist’s guide through Cornwall. Truro 1861; Harkylogy. Mr. T. Smitheram’s account of Archæological Association 1862. d. Pera, Constantinople 23 April 1872. Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. 213, 1220.
HARVEY, Rev. William (4 son of admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, K.C.B. 1775–1841). Matric. from Brasenose coll. Ox. 10 March 1842 aged 18; B.A. 1845, M.A. 1848; compiled The active list of flag officers and captains of the Royal navy, with progress of officers from entrance into the service 1861, 5 ed. 1865, ed. by W. Arthur 1868. d. Walmer, Kent 18 March 1865.
HARVEY, William (son of the keeper of the baths at Westgate). b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 13 July 1796; apprentice to Thomas Bewick 1810; studied drawing under B. R. Haydon and anatomy under Sir C. Bell 1817; wood engraver 1822–24, designer for copper plate and wood engravers 1824 to death; engraved on wood in imitation of copper plate, Haydon’s Assassination of Dentatus, the most ambitious block which had been cut in England 1821; his masterpieces are his illustrations to Northcote’s Fables 1828–33 and to Lane’s Thousand and one nights 1838–40; he also illustrated 30 other works 1829–68. d. Prospect lodge, Richmond, Surrey 13 Jany. 1866. Chatto’s Treatise on wood engraving (1861) 527–34; I.L.N. xlviii, 97 (1866), portrait.
HARVEY, William. b. 1813 or 1814; a founder of Sussex Archæological Soc. 1846; had a cabinet of coins, chiefly of those found in Sussex; F.S.A. 3 March 1853. d. Lewes 22 April 1869. Numismatic Chronicle, vol. x (1870), Proceedings p. 13.
HARVEY, William. Surgeon in London; hon. superintendent Islington reformatory; wrote many articles under pseudonym of Aleph in The City Press; author of The old city and its highways and byways, By Aleph 1865. d. 48 Lonsdale sq. Islington, London 18 March 1873 aged 77.
HARVEY, William. b. 1807 or 1808; ed. at Guy’s hospital; L.S.A. 1830; M.R.C.S. 1830, F.R.C.S. 1853; surgeon to Royal dispensary for diseases of the ear 1846 to death; F. Med. Chir. Soc. 1841; one of 3 chief aurists in London for many years; prescribed a diet for William Banting which reduced his weight from 202 lbs. to 156 lbs. 1862–3, and originated Banting; aural surgeon Great Northern hospital 186-to death; author of The ear in health and disease, with remarks on treatment of deafness 1854, 4 ed. 1865; On rheumatism, gout and neuralgic headache 1857, 4 ed. 1865; On corpulence in relation to disease 1872; On deafness and noises in the ear, 7 ed. 1876. d. 3 George st. Hanover sq. London 5 Dec. 1876. Medical Times 23 Dec. 1876 p. 717; Proc. Med. Chir. Soc. viii, 198–9 (1880).
HARVEY, William Henry (son of Joseph Massey Harvey of Limerick, merchant, a quaker). b. Summerville near Limerick 5 Feb. 1811; ed. at Ballitore school, Kildare 1824–7; M.D. Dublin univ. 1844; treasurer and registrar general at Cape of Good Hope 1836–42; became the chief authority on algæ; keeper of the Herbarium to univ. of Dublin 30 March 1844; professor of botany to Royal Dublin society; bapt. St. Mark’s ch. Dublin 25 Feb. 1846; professor of botany in univ. of Dublin 1856; lecturer at Irish museum of industry about 1856; F.R.S. 3 June 1864; author of Genera of South African plants, Capetown 1838, 2 ed. 1868; A manual of British Algæ 1841; Phycologia Britannica, a history of British seaweeds 4 vols. 1846–51; The seaside book 1849, 4 ed. 1857; Phycologia Australica 5 vols. 1858–63 and other books. d. Torquay 15 May 1866. Memoir of W. H. Harvey (1869), portrait.
HARVEY, Rev. William Wigan (2 son of George Daniel Harvey, commissioner of bankruptcy). b. Great Stanmore, Middlesex 1810; ed. at Eton and King’s coll. Cam.; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1855; fellow of King’s 1831, divinity lecturer 1836–44 and 1862–3, Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholar 1833; R. of Buckland, Herts. 1844–72; R. of Ewelme near Oxford, Dec. 1871 to death; author of Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ Vindex Catholicus 1841; The history and theology of the three creeds 1854; Sancti Irenæi quæ supersunt Opera 1857 and many sermons, pamphlets and reviews. d. Ewelme 7 May 1883. Hansard’s Debates, ccix, 291–2, 772, 1153, 1673, 1720, 1946 (1872); Annual Register (1872) 34–6.