Frederick Banting

Sir
Frederick Banting
KBE MC FRS FRSC FRCS FRCP
Banting in 1923
Born(1891-11-14)November 14, 1891
Essa, Ontario, Canada
DiedFebruary 21, 1941(1941-02-21) (aged 49)
Near Musgrave Harbour, Dominion of Newfoundland
Burial placeMount Pleasant Cemetery
EducationUniversity of Toronto (MB, MD)
Known forDiscovery of insulin
Spouses
  • Marion Robertson
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    (m. 1924; div. 1932)​
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    (m. 1937)​
Awards
 
Scientific career
FieldsPharmacology
InstitutionsUniversity of Western Ontario
University of Toronto
Notable studentsCharles Best
Military career
Service / branchRoyal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Years of service1915–1919[1]
RankCaptain[2]
Battles / wars
AwardsMilitary Cross (1919)
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Sir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon.[3] For his co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Macleod.[4]

Banting and his student, Charles Best, isolated insulin at the University of Toronto in the lab of Scottish physiologist John Macleod.[5] 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.[6] Frederick Banting, who received the Nobel Prize at age 32, is the youngest Nobel laureate for Physiology/Medicine.[7]

  1. ^ Collip 1941, p. 473.
  2. ^ Bliss 1992, p. 39.
  3. ^ "Frederick Grant Banting". Library and Archives Canada. February 24, 2015. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "Frederick Grant Banting (1891–1941) Codiscoverer of Insulin". Journal of the American Medical Association. 198 (6): 660–61. 1966. doi:10.1001/jama.1966.03110190142041.
  5. ^ "Frederick Grant Banting". Oxford Reference. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  6. ^ Toronto Daily Star (June 28, 1923). "Canada rewards Banting's service. Young physician will receive $7,500 yearly from federal treasury". University of Toronto Libraries.
  7. ^ "Nobel Laureates by Age". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved April 3, 2016.