The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923
Awarded on: 1923-10-25
"for the discovery of insulin"
Affiliations:
- University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada
Frederick Grant Banting
Born: 1891-11-14 in Alliston, Canada
Gender: male
Field: Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891–1941)
Biography
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.