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Frederick Banting
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941).
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941).
Sir Frederick Grant Banting (; November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon. For his co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Macleod. Banting and his student, Charles Best, isolated insulin at the University of Toronto in the lab of Scottish physiologist John Macleod. When he and Macleod received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Banting shared the honours and award money with Best. That same year, the Government of Canada granted Banting a lifetime annuity to continue his work. He is the youngest Nobel laureate for Physiology/Medicine, at 32.
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Achievements and distinctions
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Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941).
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Person of National Historic Significance
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National Inventors Hall of Fame
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Fellow of the Royal Society
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Military Cross
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Flavelle Medal
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
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John Scott Award
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Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
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Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
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F.N.G. Starr Award
Career and education
Employers and institutions
Hospital for Sick Children · University of Toronto · University of Western Ontario
Memberships
Royal Society of London · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Society of Canada · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
Education
University of Toronto · Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Fields of work
physiology · pharmacology
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