▁exper ts ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁Since ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁relative ▁new com er , ▁it ▁was ▁several ▁years ▁before ▁anyone ▁even ▁tried ▁to ▁rep licate ▁his ▁pres cient ▁results . ▁ ▁However , ▁some ▁influ ential ▁research ers ▁were ▁im pressed ▁enough ▁to ▁nomin ate ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Committee ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁( and ▁in ▁many ▁subsequent ▁years , ▁until ▁he ▁finally ▁received ▁the ▁award , ▁ 4 0 ▁years ▁later ). ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁hon ors ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize , ▁P ey ton ▁R ous ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁Foreign ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁( For Mem RS ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁and ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁Albert ▁L ask er ▁Award ▁for ▁Basic ▁Medical ▁Research ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Medal ▁of ▁Science ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁In ▁his ▁later ▁life ▁he ▁wrote ▁bi ograph ies ▁of ▁Simon ▁F lex ner ▁and ▁Karl ▁Land ste iner . ▁ ▁His ▁wife ▁Mar ion ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁His ▁daughter ▁Mar ni ▁H od g kin ▁was ▁a ▁children ' s ▁book ▁editor , ▁and ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁another ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁winner , ▁Alan ▁Lloyd ▁H od g kin . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁ ▁Corn wall , ▁Claud ia ▁M . ▁C atch ing ▁cancer ▁: ▁the ▁quest ▁for ▁its ▁vir al ▁and ▁b acter ial ▁causes . ▁Lan ham : ▁Row man