Significant dates in the life of Sir Frederick Banting
(from a compilation by Peter Banting, PhD, Prof Emeritus, Director SFBLF)
Nov. 14, 1891
Aug. 1898
Aug. 1906
Sept. 1910
Sept. 1912
Spring 1915
Dec. 9, 1916
Mar. 26, 1917
June 1918
Sept. 28, 1918
Autumn 1919 – June 1920
July 1920 – Apr. 1921
May – Sept. 1921
Oct. – Dec. 1921
Jan. 1922
Oct. 25, 1923
July 1927
1939
June 1934
Feb. 21, 1941
Nov. 14, 1891
Born, Alliston, ON, Canada
Aug. 1898
Started public school.
Aug. 1906
Started high school.
Sept. 1910
Entered Victoria College, U of T
Sept. 1912
Entered faculty of Medicine, U of T
Spring 1915
Private, Canadian Army Medical Service
Dec. 9, 1916
Graduates with an MB
Mar. 26, 1917
Lt. Banting sails to Britain
June 1918
Capt. Banting posted to France
Sept. 28, 1918
Awarded Military Cross for bravery
Autumn 1919 – June 1920
SickKids Hospital
July 1920 – Apr. 1921
Medical practice London ON
May – Sept. 1921
Banting & Best begin research at U of T
Oct. – Dec. 1921
Research continues with Collip & Macleod
Jan. 1922
1st patient injected successfully
Oct. 25, 1923
Banting wins Nobel Prize
July 1927
Banting begins painting with A.Y. Jackson
1939
Banting re-enlists in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
June 1934
Banting knighted by King George V
Feb. 21, 1941
Banting dies in military plane crash