- Banting was Canada’s first Nobel Laureate.
- Banting was born November 14, 1891 in their farmhouse in Alliston, Ontario. (North of Toronto)
- In the summer of 1921, Banting was being funded for his work on insulin by his father & brother – he was not receiving a salary.
- During WWI, he received the Canadian military cross for bravery.
- He attended the University of Toronto, initially planning to become a minister but switched to medicine.
- Banting was resident surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) in 1919-1920
- Banting was also an accomplished artist with one of his paintings selling for as much as $30,000 according to Wikipedia. Here are two samples of his work:
- Knighted in 1934
- Died in a plane crash in Newfoundland in 1941. He was enroute to England.