Lise Thiry

Belgian scientist (1921–2024)

Lise Thiry (born 5 February 1921) is a Belgian scientist and politician. She was voted as one of the top 100 Belgians on a television show on the Belgian French-speaking public channel RTBF. Thiry was born in Liège, Belgium. She worked as a researcher and virologist at the Pasteur Institute and looked for ways to detect AIDS.[1] In 1990, she became a Senator.[2]

Thiry turned 100 in February 2021.[3]

References

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  1. Lise Thiry, AIDS on stamps, Retrieved 3 November 2015
  2. Lise Thiry (2002). Conversation avec des clandestins. Cerisier. ISBN 978-2-87267-064-2.
  3. "3x100 ans: quel événement!" (in French). 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-17.