James Learmonth Gowans

Sir James Learmonth Gowans, (7 May 1924 – 1 April 2020) was a British physician and immunologist. 
In 1945 while studying medicine at King's College Hospital, he assisted at the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student. Gowans was born in Sheffield, England. In 1963 Gowans became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1971 New Year Honours. He won the Royal Medal in 1976.