Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. Vesalius is the Latinized form of Andries van Wesel. Vesalius was born to Andries van Wesele and Isabel Crabbe on 31 December 1514, in Brussels, then in the Habsburg Netherlands, to a family of physicians. His great grandfather, Jan van Wesel, probably born in Wesel, received his medical degree from the University of Pavia and taught medicine in 1528 at the then newly founded University of Leuven. His grandfather, Everard van Wesel, was the Royal Physician of Emperor Maximilian, while his father, Anders van Wesel, went on to serve as apothecary to Maximillian, and later a valet de chambre to his successor Charles V.... More • http://en.wikipedia. ... s_Vesalius View • Books • Images • Videos • Search Related • Anatomy • Belgium • Brussels • Human • Medicine • Netherlands • Physicians • Renaissance • 16th Century • People