Frederick Banting
Hero, Healer, Artist
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-0-9688166-3-9 (ISBN)
Description
Frederick Banting was a surgeon and a decorated war hero when he had the idea to develop insulin in 1920, This achievement earned him the 1923 Nobel Prize for medicine, a knighthood, and the gratitude of diabetics around the world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
QC
Canada
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 14 to 18 years
Illustrations
b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9688166-3-9 (9780968816639)
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Stephen Eaton Hume
Frederick Banting
E-Book
01/2000
1st Edition
Dundurn Press
€7.49
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Person
Stephen Eaton Hume has published a young-adult novel, a creative non-fiction, a biography, and three picture books. His articles have appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Medical Post, the Vancouver Sun, and other publications. He teaches in the English Department at the University of Victoria.