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Francis Peyton Rous
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American scientist (1879-1970)
Key facts
- Born
- October 5, 1879, Baltimore, Maryland , U.S.
- Died
- February 16, 1970 (1970-02-16) (aged 90), New York City , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Johns Hopkins University
- Known for
- Oncoviruses
- Spouse
- Marion Eckford de Kay
- Children
- Three daughters, including Marion
- Awards
- Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1958) National Medal of Science (1965) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1966) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1966)
- Fields
- Virology
- Institutions
- University of Michigan , Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1966
“for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- pathologist
- Educated at
- Johns Hopkins University
- Employer
- The Rockefeller University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- John Scott Award
- Field of work
- pathology
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- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1879-10-05
- date of death
- 1970-02-16
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- interested in
- pathology
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Encyclopedic overview
Francis Peyton Rous ForMemRS (/raʊs/; October 5, 1879 – February 16, 1970) 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.
His discovery in 1911 that a chicken tumor was caused by a virus (later named Rous sarcoma virus) led to more discoveries and understanding of the role of viruses in the development of certain types of cancer. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in 1966, 55 years after his initial discovery and he remains the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francis Peyton Rous” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.