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Frederick Banting

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Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting
BornNovember 14, 1891
DiedFebruary 21, 1941
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Known forInsulin
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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

  1. "Biography of Frederick Banting". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.