| Authorised form of name | Best; Charles Herbert (1899 - 1978) |
| Other forms of name | Charles Henry |
| Other forms of surname | Best |
| Dates | 1899 - 1978 |
| Place of birth | West Pembroke, Maine, USA |
| Date of birth | 27 February 1899 |
| Place of death | Toronto, Canada |
| Date of death | 31/03/1978 |
| Research field | Physiology |
| Endocrinology |
| Activity | Career:
Professor of Physiology, Toronto
Honours:
CBE 1944; CH 1971
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1938 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Croonian 1955 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB vol 17 pp 80-81
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1982 vol 28 pp 1-25, plate, by Sir Frank Young and C N Hales
References:
D C Martin, 'Visit by the Assistant Secretary to some North American Scientific Institutions' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 356-364
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
Notes:
Another honour he received was the CC (Canada) - date? Middle name given as Herbert in index to BR and in all YB entries, but as Henry in R and citation in Printed List of Candidates. |
| Code | NA1271 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000359 | Best, Charles Herbert | nd |
| EC/1938/02 | Best, Charles Herbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HD/25/7 | Draft manuscript and typescript for paper 'The nature of the vasodilator constituents of certain tissue extracts' by Henry Dale, C H Best, H W Dudley and W V Thorpe | 1926-1927 |
| RR/34/15 | Referee's report by John Beresford Leathes, on a paper 'The fate of the sugar disappearing under the action of insulin' by Charles Herbert Best, J P Hoet and H P Marks | [March 1926] |
| RR/67/382 | Referee's report by Charles Herbert Best, on a paper 'The influence of diabetogenic anterior pituitary extracts on the islets of langerhans in dogs' by K C Richardson | August 1939 |
| RR/33/21 | Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'The effect of insulin on the dextrose consumption perfused skeletal muscle' by Charles Herbert Best | January 1926 |
| IM/000358 | Best, Charles Herbert | nd |
| HD/25/21 | Presentation album for Henry Dale on his retirement from the National Institute for Medical Research | 30 September 1942 |
| RR/34/17 | Referee's report by John Beresford Leathes, on a paper 'Oxidation and storage of glucose under the action of insulin' by Charles Herbert Best, Henry Hallett Dale, J P Hoet and H P Marks | [April 1926] |