Frederick Banting
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
Frederick Banting | |
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![]() Frederick Banting | |
Born | November 14, 1891 |
Died | February 21, 1941 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Known for | Insulin |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine |
Institutions | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
- ↑ "Biography of Frederick Banting". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
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Charles Best and Banting, c. 1924
Time cover, August 27, 1923
A. Y. Jackson and Banting on the SS Beothic, 1927
Graves of Frederick and Henrietta Banting at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Decorations from visitors include rocks, candles, and an injector pen.
Oil painting of Banting in 1925 by Tibor Polya, now in the possession of the National Portrait Gallery of Canada