Emmanuel Farber (October 19, 1918, Toronto, Canada – August 3, 2014, Columbia, South Carolina) was a Canadian-American physician, pathologist, biochemist, and oncologist.
[6] In 1948 he learned about hepatology, pathology, and oncology under the supervision of Hans Popper at Cook County Hospital.
[7] From 1950 to 1961 Farber a faculty member at Tulane University, starting as an instructor and resigning as an associate professor.
In 1985 he retired as professor emeritus,[1] but continued working in Toronto until his wife Ruth died in 1993.
He and his colleagues showed that cancer can be induced in the livers of laboratory animals by a step-by-step series of chemical treatments.
[15] In 1995 he shared the ASIP Gold-Headed Cane Award with Paul Eston Lacy.
[10] He is buried in the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina.