Thomas Adeoye Lambo is one of the thirty children of a Yoruba chief with twelve wives. He was a Nigerian scholar, administrator, global health leader and psychiatrist. He is widely recognized as the first western trained psychiatrist in Africa.
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V. S. RamamurthyAlso won TWAS fellow
Vladimir MinkinAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II
Pius Nwankwo OkekeAlso won Fellow of the African Academy of SciencesPriscilla BakerAlso won Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
Mogens SchouAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II
Marcel RocheAlso won TWAS fellowAbout this person
Thomas Adeoye Lambo is one of the thirty children of a Yoruba chief with twelve wives. He was a Nigerian scholar, administrator, global health leader and psychiatrist. He is widely recognized as the first western trained psychiatrist in Africa. Between 1971 and 1988, he worked at the World Health Organization, becoming the agency's Deputy Director General.
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NigeriaStatus
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Lived 1923 to 2004 · aged 80
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