Which Happened First?

Frederick Banting

Frederick Banting
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Sir Frederick Grant Banting was a 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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Abram BesicovitchJanuary 23, 1891 – November 2, 1970
  2. Frederick Banting (this page)November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941
  3. Hans ReichenbachSeptember 26, 1891 – April 9, 1953
  4. John Howard NorthropJuly 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987
  5. Sergey VavilovMarch 12, 1891 – January 25, 1951
  6. Yrjö VäisäläSeptember 6, 1891 – July 21, 1971

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