Sir frederick banting biography graphic organizer

BANTING, Sir FREDERICK GRANT, physician, surgeon, army officer, medical researcher, Nobel laureate, and artist; b. 14 Nov. 1891 in Essa Township, Simcoe County, Ont., son of William Thompson Banting and Margaret Grant; m. first 4 June 1924 Marion Wilson Robertson in Toronto, and they had a son; they divorced 2 Dec.

1932; m. secondly there 2 June 1939 Henrietta Elizabeth Ball; they had no children; d. 21 Feb. 1941 near Musgrave Harbour, Nfld.

Fred Banting was a child of agricultural Ontario, the youngest of six born on the family farm near Alliston, northwest of Toronto.

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A shy, quiet boy who liked athletics and animals, he was encouraged by his family to continue his education beyond the local schools. In 1910 he enrolled in general arts at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, was not able to pass all his subjects, and while repeating the year, dropped out after learning he could enter the faculty of medicine.

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