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Frederick Banting

Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941) · Canada · Doctors · Died at 49

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Sir Frederick Grant Banting 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.

A life in dates

2004National Inventors Hall of FameAward1994Canadian Medical Hall of FameAward1941Died21 February 19411936F.N.G. Starr AwardAward1935Fellow of the Royal SocietyAwardKnight Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1931Flavelle MedalAward1930Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of SurgeonsAward1927Cameron Prize of the University of EdinburghAward1923John Scott AwardAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1891Born14 November 1891

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The Banting farm in Essa Township, Ontario, is preserved under the Ontario Heritage Act, with a commemorative plaque from the governmentThe Banting farm in Essa Township, Ontario, is preserved under the Ontario Heritage Act, with a commemorative plaque from the governmentCharles Best and Banting, c. 1924Charles Best and Banting, c. 1924Time cover, August 27, 1923Time cover, August 27, 1923A. Y. Jackson and Banting on the SS Beothic, 1927A. Y. Jackson and Banting on the SS Beothic, 1927Banting and Marion Robertson on their wedding dayBanting and Marion Robertson on their wedding day

Awards

National Inventors Hall of Fame2004
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame1994
F.N.G. Starr Award1936
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire1935
Fellow of the Royal Society1935
Flavelle Medal1931
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons1930
Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh1927
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1923
John Scott Award1923
Person of National Historic Significance
Military Cross
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

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About this person

Country
Canada
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1941 · aged 49

Doctors from Canada 6

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