James Collip
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James Bertram Collip CBE FRS FRSC FRCP FRCPC (November 20, 1892 ā June 19, 1965) was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the chair of the department of biochemistry at McGill University from 1928 to 1941 and dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario from 1947 to 1961, where he was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society.[3]
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Born | James Bertram Collip (1892-11-20)November 20, 1892 Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
Died | June 19, 1965(1965-06-19) (aged 72) London, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Known for | Purification of insulin[1] |
Awards | Flavelle Medal (1936) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1937) Fellow of the Royal Society[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
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