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Clopton Havers

English doctor · Doctors · Lived 1657 to 1702 · aged 45

Clopton Havers was an English physician who did pioneering research on the microstructure of bone. He is believed to have been the first person to observe and almost certainly the first to describe what are now called Haversian canals and Sharpey's fibres.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

About this person

Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1657 to 1702 · aged 45