Frederick Banting

Frederick Grant Banting (1891–1941) was a Canadian physician, pharmacologist, researcher, and writer. Born in Alliston, he was educated at the University of Toronto and served as a Major in both World War I and World War II. His professional affiliations included the Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Toronto, and the University of Western Ontario. Banting’s work focused on physiology and pharmacology, with notable publications including *Diabetes and insulin* and *The internal secretion of the pancreas*.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Other honors included the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and fellowship in the Royal Society. He was also a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. Banting died in an aviation accident in Musgrave Harbour and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.