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Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564

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Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinised 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), what is considered to be 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Vesalius has received more than 1,495,152 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Andreas Vesalius is the 9th most popular physician (up from 12th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 9th in 2019) 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

Among physicians, Andreas Vesalius ranks 9 out of 502. Before him are Galen, Paracelsus, Robert Koch, Josef Mengele, Edward Jenner, and Basil of Caesarea. After him are Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, L. L. Zamenhof, Albert Schweitzer, William Harvey, Li Ching-Yuen, and Cyril of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, Andreas Vesalius ranks 1. After him are Tahmasp I, John Knox, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Thomas Culpeper, Philibert de l'Orme, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Claude Goudimel, and Hai Rui. 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, Rani Durgavati, Charles Estienne, Theodore Bibliander, Giovanni da Udine, and Maurice Scève.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Andreas Vesalius ranks 7 out of 1,019. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500), Pepin the Short (715), Clovis I (466), Charles Martel (688), Audrey Hepburn (1929), and Jan van Eyck (1395). After him are René Magritte (1898), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Gerardus Mercator (1512), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), and Philip I of Castile (1478).

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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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