Charles Brenton Huggins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Brenton Huggins

American physiologist

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1901

Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1997

Profession: surgeon, university teacher, physiologist, oncologist

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Brenton Huggins (September 22, 1901 – January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-American physician, physiologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago specializing in prostate cancer.
He was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering in 1941 that hormones could be used to control the spread of some cancers.
This was the first discovery that showed that cancer could be controlled by chemicals.