Hildebrand Wolfe Harvey CBE FRS[1] (born 31 December 1887, Streatham, London, died Plymouth, Devon, 26 November 1970) was an English marine biologist.
[2][3][4] Harvey was the elder son of Henry Allington Harvey, a partner in the firm of Foster, Mason and Hervey, of Mitcham, Surrey, paint manufacturers, and his wife, Laetitia, who was a daughter of Peter Kingsley Wolfe and a descendant of General James Wolfe, hero of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
After attending Gresham's School, Holt, from 1902 to 1906, he went on to study at Downing College, Cambridge, to read Natural Sciences.
[5][6] Harvey's published work includes: In 1952 he received the Alexander Agassiz Medal of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
He has carried out extensive researches on the role of nitrates and other inorganic constituents of sea water both under laboratory and natural conditions.