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Sir Thomas Lewis, CBE, FRS, FRCP was a British cardiologist. He coined the term "clinical science".
Lewis was born in Roath, Cardiff, Wales, the son of Henry Lewis, a mining engineer, and his wife Catherine Hannah. He was educated at home by his mother, apart from a year at Clifton College, which he left due to ill-health, and the final two years by a tutor. Already planning to become a doctor, at the age of sixteen he began a Bachelor of Science course at University College, Cardiff, graduating three years later with first class honours. In 1902 he entered University College Hospital in London to train as a doctor, graduating MBBS with the gold medal in 1905. The same year he was awarded a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wales for his research work.
He remained at UCH for the rest of his life, beginning as a house physician. From 1907 he also worked at the Royal Naval Hospital and the City of London Hospital and the same year he took his Doctor of Medicine degree. In 1911 he was appointed lecturer in cardiac pathology at UCH and in 1913 was promoted to assistant physician in clinical work. He was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1913.
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