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Thomas Willis
Willis in 1667
Born
27 January 1621
Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire
Died
11 November 1675 (aged 54)
London
Alma mater
Christ Church, Oxford
Known for
Circle of Willis
Spouse
Mary Fell
Scientific career
Fields
Anatomy Neurology Psychiatry
Thomas Willis FRS (27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675) was an English physician who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology and psychiatry,[1] and was a founding member of the Royal Society.
^Moore, Norman (1900). "Willis, Thomas (1621-1675)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 62. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 25–26.
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