Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1876)

John Macleod

John James Rickard Macleod, 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.

Born

1876

September 6

Died

1935

Era

1870s

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1876 Born
1935 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

394 Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
1492 Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
1522 The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
1620 The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)

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The world in 1935

When John departed

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 6

Billy Rose 1899–1966 American composer and songwriter (born 1899) Christopher Brookmyre 1968– Scottish author Donna Haraway 1944– American author, academic, and activist Elvira Pagã 1920–2003 Brazilian vedette, singer, and artist (born 1920) Gilbert du Motier 1757–1834 Marquis de Lafayette, French general (born 1757) Isabelle Collin Dufresne 1935–2014 French actress (born 1935) Jane Addams 1860–1935 American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860) Jessie Willcox Smith 1863–1935 American illustrator (born 1863) Joan Tower 1938– American pianist, composer, and conductor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1876

Alvin Kraenzlein 1876–1928 American hurdler and runner (died 1928) Arthur Edward Moore 1876–1963 New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963) Bert Vogler 1876–1946 South African cricketer (born 1876) Bruno Walter 1876–1962 German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1876) Carl Ruggles 1876–1971 American composer and painter (died 1971) Fevzi Çakmak 1876–1950 Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876) Fred Duesenberg 1876–1932 German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932) James Scullin 1876–1953 Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876) Kim Koo 1876–1949 South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949)

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