Alliston in New Tecumseth in Simcoe County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Sir Frederick Banting

1891-1941

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024

1. Sir Frederick Banting Marker

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[English] Soldier, surgeon, and scientist, Banting in 1920 became convinced of the existence of a hormone known as insulin. A laboratory provided by Prof. J. J. R. Macleod of the University of Toronto enabled Banting and Charles H. Best, in 1921, to prepare an active anti-diabetic extract of pancreas, purified by Prof. J. B. Collip. This substance was first used successfully on a patient on January 23, 1922, by Drs. W. R. Campbell and A. A. Fletcher. Banting received the Nobel Prize for Medicine with Macleod in 1923 and was knighted in 1934. Born in Alliston, he died in the crash of a military aircraft in Newfoundland, on February 21, 1941.

[Français] Soldat, chirurgien et chercheur, Banting devint convaincu, en 1920, de l'existence d'une hormone appelée insuline. En 1921, dans un laboratoire fourni par le P^r J. J. R. Macleod de l'Université de Toronto, Banting et à Charles H. Best tirèrent d’un pancréas un extrait antidiabétique actif que purifia le P^r J. B. Collip. Le 23 janvier 1922, cette substance fut administrée avec succès à un patient par les D^rs W. R. Campbell et A. A. Fletcher. Banting reçut le prix Nobel de médecine avec Macleod en 1923 et fut fait chevalier en 1934. Né à Alliston, il périt dans l'écrasement d'un avion militaire à Terre-Neuve, le 21 février 1941.

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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 23, 1922.

Location. 44° 10.037′ N, 79° 50.781′ W. Marker is in New Tecumseth, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It is in Alliston. It is on Sir Frederick Banting Road 0.4 kilometers north of John W Taylor Avenue, on the left when traveling north. The marker is located on the east side of the Banting Homestead and Heritage Park grounds, just north of the main entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5116 Sir Frederick Banting Road, New Tecumseth ON L9R 1V2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Ontario Cottage Country

and specifically in Georgian Bay Country.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024

2. Sir Frederick Banting Marker

Looking west from Sir Frederick Banting Road. A birthplace monument (sphere) is on the left. A related historical marker is on the right. The Sir Frederick Banting Birthplace and Homestead is in the background.

of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birthplace of Sir Frederick Banting (here, next to this marker); Canada's Gift to the World (within shouting distance of this marker); Sir Frederick Grant Banting (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The Alliston Monument Works (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); The Revere House and Brown Building (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Founding of Elmgrove (approx. 2.4 kilometers away); Camp Borden (approx. 13.4 kilometers away); Worthington Park Memorial (approx. 13.9 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Tecumseth.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Sir Frederick Banting Homestead Heritage Park

Also see . . .
1. Sir Frederick Grant Banting (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Sir Frederick Banting, Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon, was born on November 14, 1891, in his family's farmhouse in Essa, Ontario, two miles from nearby Alliston. For his co-discovery
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3. Sir Frederick Banting Birthplace & Homestead
Located about 50 meters behind (west of) this historical marker.
of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Macleod. Banting and his student, Charles Best, isolated insulin at the University of Toronto in the lab of Scottish physiologist John Macleod. When he and Macleod received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Banting shared the honours and award money with Best. That same year, the government of Canada granted Banting a lifetime annuity to continue his work. To this day, Frederick Banting, who received the Nobel Prize at age 32, remains the youngest Nobel laureate for Physiology/Medicine.

(Submitted on August 14, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Frederick G. Banting, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923.

Excerpt: In 1916 he took his M.B. degree and at once joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and served, during the First World War, in France. In 1918 he was wounded at the battle of Cambrai and in 1919 he was awarded the Military Cross for heroism under fire. When the war ended in 1919, Banting returned to Canada and was for a short time a medical practitioner
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4. Banting Homestead Heritage Park Entrance
Located about 15 meters south of this historical marker.
at London, Ontario. He studied orthopaedic medicine and was, during the year 1919-1920, Resident Surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. From 1920 until 1921 he did part-time teaching in orthopaedics at the University of Western Ontario at London, Canada, besides his general practice, and from 1921 until 1922 he was Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Toronto. In 1922 he was awarded his M.D. degree, together with a gold medal.
Banting had become deeply interested in diabetes. The work of Naunyn, Minkowski, Opie, Schafer, and others had indicated that diabetes was caused by lack of a protein hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Determined to investigate this possibility, Banting discussed it with various people, among whom was J.J.R. Macleod, Professor of Physiology at the University of Toronto, and Macleod gave him facilities for experimental work upon it. Dr. Charles Best, then a medical student, was appointed as Banting’s assistant, and together, Banting and Best started the work which was to lead to the discovery of insulin.

(Submitted on August 14, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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