James Collip, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Collip

academic, part of group that isolated insulin

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1965

Profession: physician, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

James Bertram Collip, (November 20, 1892 – June 19, 1965) was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin.
He served as the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at McGill University from 1928–1941 and Dean of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario from 1947–1961, where he was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society.