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

Canada's Gift to the World

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Insulin

— 1921-2021 —

Canada's Gift to the World Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024

1. Canada's Gift to the World Marker

Inscription. Sir Frederick Grant Banting, MD 1891-1941
KBE, MC, FRS, FRSC, Nobel Laureate

Charles Herbert Best, MD 1899-1978
CC, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSC, FRCP

James Bertram Collip, Ph.D., 1892-1965
CBE, FRSC, FRS, D.Sc. (Harvard), D.Sc. (Oxford)

John James Rickard Macleod, Ph.D., 1876-1935
FRS, FRSC, D.PH (Cambridge), Nobel Laureate

This monument commissioned by the Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation

Erected 2021 by Sir Frederick Banting Legacy Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 44° 10.022′ N, 79° 50.802′ W. Marker is in New Tecumseth, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It is in Alliston. It can be reached from Sir Frederick Banting Road 0.4 kilometers north of John W Taylor Avenue, on the left when traveling north. The marker is located just inside the Banting Homestead and Heritage Park main gate, overlooking the Banting Homestead house. 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

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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 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: Sir Frederick Banting (within shouting distance of this marker); Birthplace of Sir Frederick Banting (within shouting distance of this marker); Sir Frederick Grant Banting (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The Alliston Monument Works (approx. 2.1 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

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 4, 2024

2. Canada's Gift to the World Marker

Looking northwest; the Banting Homestead house is in the right background.

Heritage Park

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

Excerpt: Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon. For his co-discovery 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.

(Submitted on August 15, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Charles Herbert Best (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin with Frederick Banting. He served as the chair of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research at the University of Toronto and was further involved in research concerning choline and heparin.

(Submitted on August 15, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. James Bertram Collip (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Canadian biochemist who was
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part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the chair of the department of biochemistry at McGill University from 1928 to 1941 and dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario from 1947 to 1961.

(Submitted on August 15, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

4. John James Rickard Macleod (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism. He is noted for his role in the discovery and isolation of insulin during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, for which he and Frederick Banting received the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

(Submitted on August 15, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 168 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 15, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.