Andreas Vesalius

Andreas Vesalius
Portrait by Jan van Calcar
Born	Andries van Wezel 31 December 1514 Brussels, Habsburg Netherlands
Died	15 October 1564(1564-10-15) (aged 49) Zakynthos, Venetian Ionian Islands
Education	University of Leuven (M.D., 1537) University of Paris
Known for	De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomy
Institutions	University of Padua (1537–1542)
Thesis	Paraphrasis in nonum librum Rhazae medici Arabis clarissimi ad regem Almansorem, de affectuum singularum corporis partium curatione (1537)
Academic advisors	Johann Winter von Andernach[1] Jacques Dubois[1] Jean Fernel[1]
Notable students	John Caius Realdo Colombo

Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinised as Andreas Vesalius (/vɪˈseɪliəs/),^[2][a] 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. He was born in Brussels, which was then part of the Habsburg Netherlands. He was a professor at the University of Padua (1537–1542) and later became Imperial physician at the court of Emperor Charles V.

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