Thomas Willis was born on January 27, 1621, in a small village within Great Bedwyn, UK, a prosperous wool town that housed between 1,500 and 2,000 inhabitants. He was the oldest child among three sons and three daughters. When he was 10, his mother died. Thomas walked two miles each day to and from Sylvester’s Academy, a local private school that had a reputation for providing a classical education in Latin and Greek. When he was 16, he began to matriculate at the University of Oxford as a servitor to Dr. Thomas Iles, a canon of Christ Church. Servitors were usually bright lads from humble circumstances who performed menial tasks in exchange for free housing and tuition [1–3]. Ms. Iles, though not a trained physician, practiced medicine and was described as a knowing woman in physic and surgery who performed many cures [1]. Willis spent ample time with her during his tutelage. Willis graduated as a bachelor of Arts in 1639, and three years later, after more attendance at lectures and teaching, he received a master of arts degree. Thomas intended to be ordained as an Anglican clergyman.