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Authorised form of nameBanting; Sir; Frederick Grant (1891 - 1941)
Dates1891 - 1941
Place of birthAlliston, Ontario, Canada
Date of birth14 November 1891
Place of deathNewfoundland, Canada
Date of death21/02/1941
Research fieldEndocrinology
ActivityCareer:
Died after the bomber he was travelling in was forced to make an emergency landing, near Musgrave
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) (jointly with Macleod) 1923
Honours:
KBE 1934
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/05/1935
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 21-26, plate, by C H Best
References:
A F Bristow, T Barrowcliffe and D R Bangham, 'Standardization of biological medicines: the first hundred years, 1900-2000' in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 271-289
CodeNA7024
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/005530Banting, Sir Frederick Grantnd
EC/1935/03Banting, Sir Frederick Grant: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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