Editing Frederick Banting (section)

{{Short description|Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891–1941)}}
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| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| name               = Frederick Banting
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| image              = F. G. Banting 1923.jpg
| caption            = Banting in 1923
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1891|11|14}}
| birth_place        = [[Essa, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1941|2|21|1891|11|14}}
| death_place        = Near [[Musgrave Harbour]], Dominion of Newfoundland
| burial_place       = [[Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto|Mount Pleasant Cemetery]]
| education          = {{nowrap|[[University of Toronto]] ([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MB]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])}}
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Marion Robertson|1924|1932|end=divorce}}|{{marriage|[[Henrietta Banting|Henrietta Ball]] |1937}}}}
| awards             = {{collapsible list|title={{nbsp}}|{{ublist |item_style={{longitem}} | [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (1923) | [[John Scott Medal]] (1923) |[[Cameron Prize for Therapeutics]] (1927) | [[Flavelle Medal]] (1931) | [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (1935)}}}}
| known_for          = Discovery of [[insulin]]
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| field             = [[Pharmacology]]
| work_institutions = [[University of Western Ontario]]<br>[[University of Toronto]]
| signature         = 
| notable_students  = [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]]
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| allegiance   = <!-- {{flagu|Canada|1921}} -->
| rank         = [[Captain (Canadian army and air force)|Captain]]{{Sfn|Bliss|1992|p=39}}
| battles      = 
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* [[World War I]]
** [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]]
** [[Battle of Cambrai (1918)|Battle of Cambrai]]
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| serviceyears = 1915–1919{{sfn|Collip|1941|p=473}}
| branch       = [[Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps]]
| awards = [[Military Cross]] (1919)
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| signature          = Frederick Banting Signature.svg
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'''Sir Frederick Grant Banting''' (November 14, 1891&nbsp;– February 21, 1941) was a Canadian [[pharmacologist]], [[orthopedist]], and [[field surgeon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Frederick Grant Banting|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/100-stories/Pages/banting.aspx|website=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 4, 2016|date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420185324/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/100-stories/Pages/banting.aspx |archive-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref> For his co-discovery of [[insulin]] and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] with [[John Macleod (physiologist)|John Macleod]].<ref>{{cite journal|date=1966|title=Frederick Grant Banting (1891–1941) Codiscoverer of Insulin|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|volume=198|issue=6|doi=10.1001/jama.1966.03110190142041|pages=660–61}}<!--|access-date=July 29, 2015--></ref>

Banting and his student, [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]], isolated insulin at the [[University of Toronto]] in the lab of Scottish physiologist John Macleod.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederick Grant Banting |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095445688 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}</ref> When he and Macleod received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Banting shared the honours and award money with Best. That same year, the [[government of Canada]] granted Banting a lifetime [[annuity]] to continue his work.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin%3AC10053|title=Canada rewards Banting's service. Young physician will receive $7,500 yearly from federal treasury.|last=Toronto Daily Star|date=June 28, 1923|website=University of Toronto Libraries}}</ref> Frederick Banting, who received the Nobel Prize at age 32, is the youngest Nobel laureate for Physiology/Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/age.html |title=Nobel Laureates by Age |website=Nobelprize.org |publisher=Nobel Media AB |access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref>