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complete name:	Francis Peyton Rous
nobel prize:	medicine
award year:	1966
together with:	Charles Brenton Huggins
prize share:	Prize share: 1/2
rational:	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966 was divided equally between Peyton Rous "for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses" and Charles Brenton Huggins "for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer."
biography:	Biography
laureate facts:	Facts
laureate lecture:	Lecture
given name:	Francis
family name:	Rous
occupation:	chemist
occupation:	university teacher
occupation:	virologist
field of work:	pathology
work location:	The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065-6399, United States of America
description:	Francis Peyton Rous was an American Nobel Prize-winning virologist.
image copyright:	Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
image citation:	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1966. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1966/summary/>
date birth:	1879
date death:	1970
usual name:	Francis Rous