Banting, Frederick
Date of Birth:
November 14, 1891
Place of birth:
Alliston, Ontario
Date of Death:
February 21, 1941
Place of death:
near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland
Cause of death:
Airplane crash
Frederick Banting was the discoverer of insulin and winner of a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1923 shared with J.J.R. Macleod
FREDERICK GRANT BANTING
1891 KBE 1941
HENRIETTA E. BALL BANTING
1912 M.A., M.D., FR, COC, LLD 1976
1891 KBE 1941
HENRIETTA E. BALL BANTING
1912 M.A., M.D., FR, COC, LLD 1976
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Interment Info
Section 29, Lot 29, of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, in Toronto.
Honours
The Military Cross can be awarded to commissioned officers of the substantive rank of Captain or below or Warrant Officers for distinguished and meritorious services in battle.
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