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The answer you want is most likely Ed Ricketts.

Ricketts was a marine biologist and the inspiration for the character Doc in Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. The two went on a marine Biology expedition and published their findings in Sea of Cortez.

Steinbeck was also very close to Elizabeth Otis and Pat Covici.

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