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Frederick Banting
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Frederick Banting | |
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![]() Frederick Banting | |
Born | November 14, 1891 Alliston, Ontario, Canada |
Died | February 21, 1941 Dominion of Newfoundland (now part of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Fields | Medicine |
Institutions | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Known for | Insulin |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) |
Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian doctor.[1] He won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with John James Richard Macleod, for the discovery of insulin.[2]
References
- ↑ "Biography of Frederick Banting". The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1923/banting-bio.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923". Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1923/index.html. Retrieved 2007-07-28.