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Sir Frederick Grant Banting

October 24, 2009 By Pat Williams

Sir Frederick Banting

Sir Frederick Banting, with John James Richard Macleod, won the Nobel Prize in 1923 in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hormone insulin. Banting began to test his theory in May 1921. Dr. C.H. Best became Banting's assistant because he had experience in biochemistry and physiology …

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Sir Sandford Fleming

October 24, 2009 By Pat Williams

Sir Sandford Fleming

Prior to standard time, the world told time by the position of the sun. Noon was when the sun was directly overhead. This method worked well for individual towns but it was not convenient for Sandford Fleming. Fleming was the Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway and he found the …

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