Francis Peyton Rous was an American pathologist at the Rockefeller University known for his works in oncoviruses, blood transfusion and physiology of digestion. A medical graduate from the Johns Hopkins University, he was discouraged from becoming a practicing physician due to severe tuberculosis. After three years of working as an instructor of pathology at the University of Michigan, he became dedicated researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research for the rest of his career. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966, announced October 13, 1966. Peyton Rous (1/2), “for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses”. Charles B. Huggins (1/2), “for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer”. Peyton Rous: born 1879, Baltimore, MD, USA. Charles B. Huggins: born 1901, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).