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Also Known As Charles Brenton Huggins
Born September 22, 1901 • Halifax • Canada
Died January 12, 1997 (aged 95) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1966)
Subjects Of Study cancer • hormone

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