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Lewis Thomas  

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  • Born in 1913 in New York, Lewis Thomas's father was a physician and his mother was a nurse. Thomas became well known for his research on immunology and receives credit for turning it into a scientific discipline. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Thomas, Lewis (1913–93)]

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