John James Rickard Macleod

Also known as J.J.R. Macleod, John Macleod, John James Macleod, John J.R. Macleod

Nobel prize-winning Scottish physician and physiologist; co-discoverer of insulin

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John James Rickard Macleod was a Scottish physician and physiologist who won the Nobel Prize for his role in discovering insulin, a breakthrough treatment for diabetes. His work fundamentally changed medicine by providing a way to manage a previously life-threatening disease.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1923
“for the discovery of insulin”
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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Clunie
Place of death: Aberdeen
Occupation: physiologist
Educated at: University of Aberdeen
Employer: Leipzig University
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Fellow of the Royal Society
Field of work: medicine
Image: J.J.R. Macleod ca. 1928.png

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Commons category: John James Rickard Macleod
date of birth: 1876-09-06
date of death: 1935-03-16
member of: Royal Society
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nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
name in native language: John James Rickard Macleod
contributed to creative work: Popular Science
interested in: physiology

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John James Rickard Macleod (6 September 1876 – 16 March 1935), was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism. He is noted for his role in the discovery and isolation of insulin during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, for which he and Frederick Banting received the 1923 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. Awarding the prize to Macleod was controversial at the time, because according to Banting's version of events, Macleod's role in the discovery was negligible. It was not until decades after the events that an independent review acknowledged a far greater role than was attributed to him at first.

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