15 Facts About George Ent

George Ent was an English scientist in the seventeenth century.

George Ent was the son of a Belgian immigrant, Josias Ent and his wife Judith; The Ent family of Sandwich came from Newchurch, in the county of Flanders, to avoid religious persecution.

George Ent was elected President of the Royal College of Physicians in 1670 and held the position for five years.

George Ent was known as an author, a scholar, and an anatomist.

George Ent was widely reputed to be exceptionally eloquent, particularly in Latin.

George Ent wrote a number of books, the most prominent of which is probably his Apologia, the first book Ent ever published.

George Ent met Harvey in Venice, shortly after his graduation from Padua.

George Ent's Apologia was a defense of Harvey's theory of circulation, and Ent is credited with convincing Harvey to release his de Generatione Animalium, which was actually edited and published by Ent.

George Ent is known for his correspondence with Cassiano dal Pozzo, who sent George Ent fossilized wood specimens, including a tabletop made of petrified wood.

George Ent showed them to the Royal Society, where they led to increased interest in the origin of fossils.

George Ent is known as one of the closest friends and first defenders of William Harvey, and he is considered to be one of Harvey's successors in the study of anatomy.

George Ent's best known theories build on Harvey's work, while the rest of George Ent's work spans a wide spectrum of knowledge.

George Ent gave several lectures on anatomy at the Royal College of Physicians in 1665.

George Ent is known for being one of only two lecturers to have left his lecture notes in English.

George Ent assembled these as part of an intended broad study of anatomy in the 1650s that never further materialized.