Frederick Banting :Canadian physician and scientist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1923 for discovering insulin.




Portrait de Frederick Banting 

Frederick Grant Banting  


Birth      :  14 November 1891 in Alliston
Death    :  21 February 1941 at Musgrave Harbor
Funeral       :  Cemetery Mount Pleasant
Nationality    :   Canada
Education      :  University of Toronto
Occupation    : Doctor and pharmacologist
Member       : Of Royal Society, Leopoldina and Royal  Society of Canada .




Biography

Frederick Banting is considered the discoverer of insulin, together with the student Charles Herbert Best. Their work during the summer of 1921 enabled the rapid preparation of purified insulin for the treatment of diabetes, thanks to the work of chemist James Collip, under the direction of John James Richard McLeod, all at the University of Toronto. The first patient to receive insulin was Leonard Thomson (a), a 14-year-old boy, on January 11, 1922. If this first attempt was mainly a failure, Collip's high-speed work culminated in a few days The preparation of a much more active and much purer product, which will save the life of Leonard Thomson.

 In 1923, he was co-winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with John James Richard McLeod "for the discovery of insulin". Banting shares his prize money with Charles Best, while McLeod shared his share with chemist James Collip.

 He was then the author of important works in the field of aviation medicine, suggesting in particular that the discomforts of aircraft pilots during the recovery maneuvers are the consequence of the redistribution of the blood in favor of the legs, to the detriment of the brain .

 He died in 1941 when his plane, a Lockheed Hudson bomber, crashed in Newfoundland, en route to England during the Second World War.

 He was a member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Distinctions:

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, United Kingdom (1934)

Rewards and honors :


 1923: Nobel Prize winner, together with John MacLeod
1994: Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Places named in his honor


 Belœil, Quebec                                      : Banting Street
Montreal, Quebec                                 : Rue Frederick-Banting
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec : Place Banting and Rue Banting
The Banting Crater on the Moon
Scholarship named in his honor

 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, a program designed to attract and retain the best postdoctoral researchers to contribute to the development of Canada through a research-driven career.

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