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Charles Brenton Huggins

1901 - 1997

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Charles Brenton Huggins (September 22, 1901 – January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-American surgeon and physiologist known for his work on prostate function, prostate cancer, and breast cancer. Born in Halifax in 1901, Huggins moved to the United States for medical school. He was one of the founding staff members of the University of Chicago Medical School, where he remained for the duration of his professional research career. Huggins's work on how sex hormones influence prostate function ultimately led to his discovery of hormone therapies to treat prostate cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Brenton Huggins is the 186th most popular physician (down from 159th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Canada (down from 50th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Physician.

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Among physicians, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 186 out of 726. Before him are Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, Nicolaes Tulp, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Ludwig Guttmann. After him are Psusennes II, Thomas Bartholin, Andrea Cesalpino, Horst Schumann, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, and Carl von Rokitansky.

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Among people born in 1901, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 70. Before him are Paul Lazarsfeld, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Raimundo Orsi, Tage Erlander, Alice Prin, and Itzhak Stern. After him are Souvanna Phouma, Hans Kammler, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Barbara Cartland, Arthur Samuel, and Zhang Xueliang. Among people deceased in 1997, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 58. Before him are Amha Selassie, John Denver, Friedrich Hund, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Diosdado Macapagal, and André Franquin. After him are Shoichi Yokoi, George Wald, Masaru Ibuka, Hastings Banda, Miguel Najdorf, and Marco Ferreri.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 70 out of 1,622. Before him are Eugene Levy (1946), Oscar Peterson (1925), Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), Dan Aykroyd (1952), David H. Hubel (1926), and John Ireland (1914). After him are The Weeknd (1990), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Elizabeth Arden (1878), Glenn Ford (1916), Mark Robson (1913), and John Candy (1950).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Canada

Among physicians born in Canada, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 4. Before him are Frederick Banting (1891), Oswald Avery (1877), and David H. Hubel (1926). After him are Norman Bethune (1890), William Osler (1849), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Maude Abbott (1868), James Heilman (1979), and Alaa Murabit (1989).

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