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- Joseph_Cheesman_Thompson comment "Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943) was a career medical officer in the United States Navy who attained the rank of commander before retirement in 1929. His foes called him ‘Crazy Thompson’, but to friends he was known as ‘Snake’, a nickname derived from his expertise in the field of herpetology.A true polymath, Thompson displayed a depth of knowledge in a wide variety of fields from Asian religion to zoology.".