Frederick Banting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Banting

Canadian medical scientist and doctor

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1891

Place of Birth: Alliston, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1941

Profession: physician, pharmacologist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate noted as the co-discoverer of insulin and its therapeutic potential.In 1923 Banting and John James Rickard Macleod received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Banting shared the honours and award money with his colleague, Dr.
Charles Best.
As of November 2018, Banting, who received the Nobel Prize at age 32, remains the youngest Nobel laureate in the area of Physiology/Medicine.
In 1923 the Government of Canada granted Banting a lifetime annuity to continue his work.
In 1934 he was knighted by King George V.