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
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 …
Trivia EH? Martin Short
Born 1950, March 26. Martin Short's brother drowned when Martin was 12, his mother died when he was 18, his father when he was 20. A brother and sister are still living. Studied social work at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Earned his B.A. in 1972 Married to Nancy since 1980, 3 …