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Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564

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Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinized as Andreas Vesalius (), was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), which is considered one of the most influential books on human anatomy and a major advance over the long-dominant work of Galen. Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. He was born in Brussels, which was then part of the Habsburg Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Vesalius is the 13th most popular physician (down from 11th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Belgium and the most popular Belgian Physician.

Andreas Vesalius was a famous anatomist in the 16th century. He is most famous for his publication of "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" which is a detailed study of human anatomy.

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Among physicians, Andreas Vesalius ranks 13 out of 726. Before him are Basil of Caesarea, L. L. Zamenhof, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, Anthony Fauci, and Albert Schweitzer. After him are Edgar Adrian, Ignaz Semmelweis, William Harvey, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Alan Hodgkin, and Pedanius Dioscorides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, Andreas Vesalius ranks 1. After him are Tahmasp I, John Knox, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Philibert de l'Orme, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Claude Goudimel, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Thomas Culpeper, Hai Rui, Virgil Solis, and Baba Nobuharu. Among people deceased in 1564, Andreas Vesalius ranks 4. Before him are Michelangelo, John Calvin, and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Pierre Belon, Matrakçı Nasuh, Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Éléonore de Roye, and Theodore Bibliander.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Andreas Vesalius ranks 11 out of 1,190. Before him are Clovis I (466), Charles Martel (688), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), and John of Gaunt (1340). After him are Anthony van Dyck (1599), Gerardus Mercator (1512), René Magritte (1898), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), and Orlande de Lassus (1534).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belgium

Among physicians born in Belgium, Andreas Vesalius ranks 1. After him are Jacques Rogge (1942), Corneille Heymans (1892), Rembert Dodoens (1517), and Paul Janssen (1926).

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