Godfried Vereycken

Godfried Vereycken (1558–1635) was a physician from the Habsburg Netherlands and one of the founders of the city of Antwerp's medical board.

Life Vereycken was born in Antwerp in 1558. For some years he taught philosophy at the Collège de Boncourt in Paris, while studying medicine. He obtained the doctorate in medicine from the University of Toulouse on 13 April 1586. Its effective functioning began on 12 September 1624, empowered to license and discipline doctors, inspect pharmacies, and examine the competence of surgeons, pharmacists and midwives.

Vereycken retired from medical practice around 1630 and moved to Mechelen, where his son was a councillor of the Great Council. He died in that city on 2 December 1635.