Sir Frederick Grant Banting :: Biographies

Sir Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941)Life Description Sir Frederick Grant Banting was a Canadian physician, physiologist,and Nobel winner in 1923 for the discovery of the hormone insulin, used intreating diabetes.Early Life Banting was born November 14, 1891, on a farm turn up Alliston, Ontario.The death of his friend made him having the desire to be a doctor. However,his father was a devoutly religious man, and hoped that Frederick wouldbecome minister. After he graduated from high-pitched school, the conflicts withhis parents begun. His parents finally persuaded him to enrol in theliberal art course at Victoria College, Ontario. In 1910, he and hiscousin Fred Hipwell began their studies at Victoria College. However, Bantings mind was notwithstanding on medicine. After severalarguments with his parents, he entered the University of Toronto MedicalSchool in the fall of 1912. His cousin quoted, He was a steady,industrious student. He had no tweet marks or even honor standing, but therenever was any doubt that he would pass.World War I While he was still in school, World War I started. In the spring of1915, his name was enlisted in the Canadian Army. However, his commandingofficer, arranged him for his education. Hours after the successful conclusion of his final exams in December 1916, he was back in uniform.Within a few months, he was serving in the Canadian Army infirmary atRamsgate, England. He then voluntarily transferred to the front line nearCambrai, France because he felt he was not doing enough. He used hisintelligence to take in three fully armed Germans without any use ofweapons This earned a rank of the Captain. He kept working at the frontline. On the morning of phratry 28,1918, a shell burst close by and a piece of shrapnel buried itself inBantings right arm. It was so bad that a doctor conscious him that theyhad to amputate his arm. However, he refused, He did an operation tohimself. Even though it was a lon g, slow process, his arm finally did heal.After World War I By the time he was recovered, he went back to Toronto. He opened anoffice as a surgeon. However, after 4 months, he only earned 14 dollarsTherefore, he transferred to University of Western Ontario as a teacher.Winning the Nobel Prize