Nathaniel Highmore (1613-1685), MD Cantab. Physician (Date from engraving.)

Abraham Blooteling

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Artist	Abraham Blooteling (Dutch b.1640, d.1690) ^LC
Title	Nathaniel Highmore (1613-1685), MD Cantab. Physician
Date	Date from engraving. ; 1677
Description	Highmore at age 63. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated Batchelor of Medicine (1641), and Doctor of Medicine (1642). He went on to practise as a medic in Dorset. He became good friends with William Harvey (1578-1657), the discoverer of circulation of the blood. Highmore published several works, his first, on the human body, he dedicated to William Harvey, giving a full account of the anatomy of the body. He was also familiar with the anatomy of the dog and sheep.
Subject	Nathaniel Highmore (b.1613, d.1685) ; Medicine ; Portraits
Collection	Art Collection ; Thomson-Walker
Accession Number	EU4538