He matriculated as a pensioner of Queens' College, Cambridge, in June 1578 (B.A.
[1] In 1587 the university granted Harvey a licence to practise physic, and he became a practitioner at King's Lynn in Norfolk.
The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for the word topical is from 1588, in his writings.
Gabriel describes John as ‘a proper toward man,’ ‘a skilful physician,’ and a M.D.
of Cambridge, and mentions that he died, aged 29, shortly after returning to Lynn from Norwich in July 1592.