Charles Brenton Huggins was born on September 22, 1901, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to pharmacist Charles Edward and Bessie Marie (Spencer) Huggins. He earned his B.A. from Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, in 1920. That same year, he moved to the United States to attend Harvard Medical School, graduating in four years with both an M.A. and M.D. He did his internship at the University of Michigan Hospital and was appointed instructor in surgery at the University's Medical School in 1926. The following year, he became instructor of surgery on the original faculty of the University of Chicago Medical School, and in that same year, he married Margaret Wellman. The couple had a son, Charles Edward, and daughter, Emily Wellman. In 1933, Huggins became an American citizen. He attained the rank of full professor of surgery in 1936. In 1946, he spent a brief period with the Johns Hopkins University as professor...