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Frederick Banting was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate noted as the co-discoverer of insulin and its therapeutic potential. He was born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, on November 14, 1891. He attended the University of Toronto, where he received his medical degree in 1916. Banting and his assistant, Charles Best, were the first to isolate insulin in 1921. Banting and John Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923 for their work. Banting was also a painter and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Banting died in a plane crash in Newfoundland on February 21, 1941. He was 49 years old. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit in 1944.

Popular As Frederick Grant Banting
Occupation actor
Age 50 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 14 November, 1891
Birthday 14 November
Birthplace Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 21 February, 1941
Died Place Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Who Is Frederick Banting's Wife?

His wife is Henrietta Ball (1937 - 21 February 1941) ( his death), Margaret Robertson (1924 - 1932) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Wife Henrietta Ball (1937 - 21 February 1941) ( his death), Margaret Robertson (1924 - 1932) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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2004

Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2004.

1990

Always felt uncomfortable within the medical community of his day. As a mean of escaping this he befriended the now legendary Canadian artists The Group of Seven ( Franklin Carmichael, A.J. Casson, Lawren Harris Edwin Holgate, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Emily Carr and others ). Banting had always been an avid amatuer painter and his surviving canvases ( mostly landscapes ) bear a striking similarity to much of the Group of Seven's body of work.In the late 1990's one of his landscape painting was auctioned off by the Banting research center to raise funds for research.

1940

For Christmas of 1940 he made a radio broadcast that was sent as a message of encouragement to the Canadian troops overseas. This is the only recording of Dr. Banting's voice known to exist.

1939

Created the world's first G-suit to help pilots cope with high-speed flight. This led to his appointment in 1939 as the chairman of the National Research Council's Committee on Aviation Medical Research.

1923

Awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with John MacLeod, a University of Toronto professor and diabetes expert who assisted him with the discovery of insulin. The two other doctors attributed with the discovery (Charles Best and J.B. Collip) were not named. Banting publicly expressed his anger regarding this situation and both he and Macleod split their award with Best and Collip.

1891

Frederick Banting was born on November 14, 1891 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada as Frederick Grant Banting. He was married to Henrietta Ball and Margaret Robertson.

1863

In 1863, William Banting of London England perscribed dieting as a means of curing diabeties. The word "Banting" later became a Synonym for dieting. Dr. Frederick Banting of London Ontario later discovered a much more effective treatment for the same disease.