John James Rickard Macleod
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1876 – 1935
Who was John James Rickard Macleod?
John James Rickard Macleod, FRS was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism. He is noted for his role in the discovery and isolation of insulin during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, for which he and Frederick Banting received the 1923 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. Awarding the prize to Macleod was controversial at the time, because according to Banting's version of events, Macleod's role in the discovery was negligible. It was not until decades after the events that an independent review acknowledged a far greater role than was attributed to him at first.
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- Born
- Sep 6, 1876
Clunie - Also known as
- Dr. John James Richard Macleod
- J. J. R. Macleod
- John James Richard Macleod
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Aberdeen
- Employment
- Leipzig University
- Died
- Mar 16, 1935
Aberdeen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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