Frederick Banting

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine human medical scientist painter physician professor

Frederick Banting was a Canadian medical scientist and physician best known for co-discovering insulin, a breakthrough that revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine → human → medical scientist → painter → physician → professor →
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society → Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Military Cross → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine →
causeOfDeath	injuries from plane crash →
coDiscovererOf	insulin →
collaboratedWith	Charles Best → James Collip →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1891-11-14 →
dateOfDeath	1941-02-21 →
educatedAt	University of Toronto → University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine →
employer	University of Toronto →
familyName	Banting →
fieldOfWork	diabetes research → endocrinology → medicine →
fullName	Frederick Grant Banting →
givenName	Frederick →
hasChild	William Banting →
hasWorkLocation	London, Ontario, Canada → Toronto, Ontario, Canada →
knownFor	co-discovery of insulin → development of insulin therapy for diabetes →
legacy	Banting House National Historic Site in London, Ontario → Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (named in his honour) → Banting Research Foundation →
mannerOfDeath	airplane crash →
medicalSpecialty	orthopedic surgery →
militaryBranch	Canadian Army Medical Corps →
militaryRank	captain →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
NobelPrizeYear	1923 →
notableWork	Banting and Best’s research on pancreatic extracts →
occupation	medical researcher → physician → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Alliston, Ontario, Canada →
placeOfDeath	near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada →
positionHeld	Chair of Medical Research at the University of Toronto → Professor of Medical Research at the University of Toronto →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Toronto, Ontario, Canada →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	John James Rickard Macleod →
spouse	Henrietta Ball → Marion Robertson →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Banting House National Historic Site → Banting Medal of the American Diabetes Association → Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships → Banting Research Foundation →	namedAfter
Henrietta Ball → Marion Robertson →	spouse
Marion Robertson ("Nobel laureate Frederick Banting") →	associatedWith
Charles Best →	collaboratedWith
James Collip →	coWorker
Banting House National Historic Site →	dedicatedTo
William Banting →	father
Frederick Banting ("Frederick Grant Banting") →	fullName
Alliston, Ontario, Canada ("Sir Frederick Banting") →	hasBirthplaceOf
Frederick →	hasNotableBearer
John James Rickard Macleod ("Frederick Grant Banting") →	NobelPrizeSharedWith
University of Toronto →	notableAlumni
Banting →	notableBearer
William Banting →	notableFamilyMember
Marion Robertson →	partnerOf
Banting House National Historic Site →	significantPerson