Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, MD, FRSC (November 14, 1891 - February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. Banting was born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. After studying medicine at the University of Toronto and graduating in 1916, he served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War I. He won the Military Cross during the war. Wikipedia
Banting House National Historic Site celebrates not only a great Canadian discovery, but the life and career of a truly great Canadian - Sir Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941). www.diabetes.ca/Section_about/BantingIndex.asp
Grant Maltman, centre, Curator of Banting House National Historic Site in London, Ontario, holds the Canadian Memorial Cross, awarded to the widow of Major Sir Frederick Banting. www.diabetes.ca/Section_main/NewsReleases.asp?ID=71
Sir Frederick G. Banting Square, adjacent to the Banting House National Historic Site, is highlighted by two features: a statue of Frederick Banting and the Flame of Hope. www.diabetes.ca/Section_About/BantingSquare.asp
With this in mind, Banting spent several months looking for lab space, finally finding a sympathetic ear in John James Richard Macleod, a University of Toronto professor and diabetes expert. www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/banting-frederick.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Frederick Banting. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Banting
