Frederick Grant Banting
By Pavi Deol
Personal background
• Nov. 14 1891 near Alliston, Ontario
• Feb. 21, 1941 (49) plane crash
Newfoundland, Musgrave Harbor
• Buried, Mt Pleasant cemetery, Toronto,
Ontario
Personal Background
• Married Twice Marion Robertson 1928
divorced 1932 other Henrietta Ball 1837
• Had 1 kid from Marion named William
Banting 1928 also dad name
• Painted group of seven famous people
painting
Significance
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Famous invented insulin
Published in 1922
Tried insulin on a few dogs
Significance
• First human test 14 old hopeless
diabetes instantly
• Special Canadians didn’t invent insulin
people die
• Design first G-suit high speed flights
Significance
• Awarded prize 1923
• First Canadian to win prize
• Twentieth most celebrated hero
Bibliography
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collectionscanada.gc.ca
myhero.com
nndb.com
nobleprize.org
suite101.com
wikipedia.org
worldbookonline.com