High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Loftus Townshend Lewis CBE, MD (May 27, 1918 in Hampstead, North London – April 9, 2004 at his home in Wimbledon) was an internationally renowned English obstetrician / gynecologist who served on the council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as secretary (1961-1968) and later as senior vice president (1975-1978). He was the author of three books on obstetrics/ gynecology, one of which is considered a classic text on the topic: Progress in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Lewis was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979.