John James Rickard Macleod

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine human physiologist university teacher

John James Rickard Macleod was a Scottish physiologist and Nobel Prize–winning co-discoverer of insulin whose work fundamentally transformed the treatment of diabetes.

Aliases (2)

John Macleod (physician) ×1
John Macleod (physiologist) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine → human → physiologist → university teacher →
academicDegree	MB ChB → MD →
awardReceived	Buchanan Medal → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1876-09-06 →
dateOfDeath	1935-03-16 →
educatedAt	Aberdeen Grammar School → University of Aberdeen →
employer	University of Aberdeen → University of Toronto → Western Reserve University →
ethnicGroup	Scottish people →
familyName	Macleod →
fieldOfWork	carbohydrate metabolism → endocrinology → physiology →
givenName	James → John →
hasOccupation	medical researcher → physician →
knownFor	co-discovery of insulin → research on diabetes →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainSubject	diabetes mellitus → insulin →
nativeLanguage	English →
NobelPrizeSharedWith	Frederick Grant Banting →
NobelPrizeYear	1923 →
notableWork	research on insulin →
placeOfBirth	Clunie → Perthshire → Scotland →
placeOfDeath	Aberdeen → Scotland →
positionHeld	Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Aberdeen → head of the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto → professor of physiology →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Aberdeen → Cleveland → Toronto →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MacLeod ("John Macleod (physician)") → MacLeod ("John Macleod (physiologist)") →	hasNotableBearer
Charles Best →	collaboratedWith
Charles Best →	doctoralAdvisor
Frederick Banting →	sharedNobelPrizeWith