Editing Frederick Banting (section)

== Awards and honours ==
*1923: [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for the discovery of [[insulin]] – shared with [[John Macleod (physiologist)|John Macleod]]
*1923: [[John Scott Medal]] of the [[Franklin Institute]]
*1927: [[Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh]]
*1931: [[Flavelle Medal]] of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]
*1935: [[Fellow of the Royal Society|Fellowship of the Royal Society]]

Prior to the award of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for 1923<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin%3AA10012|title=Nobel Prize medal inscribed to F. G. Banting|last=Royal Karolinska Institute|date=1923|website=University of Toronto Libraries}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin%3AA10013|title=Citation to F. G. Banting and J. J. R. Macleod accompanying the Nobel Prize|last=Royal Karolinska Institute|date=October 25, 1923|website=University of Toronto Libraries}}</ref>—which he shared with Macleod—he received the Reeve Prize of the University of Toronto (1922).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin%3AC10040|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629220739/https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin:C10040|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2020|title=Winners named for Reeve prize: F.G. Banting and C.H. Best are Granted Award|date=October 1922|website=University of Toronto Libraries}}</ref> In 1923, the Canadian Parliament granted him a Life Annuity of $7,500.<ref name=":3" /> Following the Banting's receipt of the [[Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh]] in 1927, Banting gave the 1928 Cameron Lecture in [[Edinburgh]]. He was a member of numerous medical academies and societies in Canada and abroad, including the British and American Physiological Societies, and the American Pharmacological Society. In 1934, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (KBE)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Order of the British Empire|date=June 4, 1934|title=Certificate granting F. G. Banting the title of K. B. E.|url=https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin%3AA10011|website=University of Toronto Libraries}}</ref> by [[George V|King George V]]<ref name=":0" /> and became an active vice-president of the Diabetic Association (now [[Diabetes UK]]). In May 1935 he was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]].{{Sfn|Best|1942}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/about-us/fellowship/Fellows1660-2007.pdf |title=List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 – 2007 |date=July 2007 |website=Royal Society |access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Banting, Sir Frederick Grant |url=http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E003801b.htm |website=Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> In 2004, Banting was inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]].

=== Flame of Hope ===
A "[[Flame of Hope (diabetes)|Flame of Hope]]" was lit by Her Majesty [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]]<ref name=CDA>{{cite web |title=Sir Frederick G. Banting Square |url=http://www.diabetes.ca/about-cda/banting-house/sir-frederick-g-banting-square |website=Canadian Diabetes Association |access-date=July 29, 2015 |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117160806/https://www.diabetes.ca/about-cda/banting-house/sir-frederick-g-banting-square |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1989 as a tribute to Dr. Frederick Grant Banting and all the people that have lost their lives to [[diabetes]]. The flame will remain lit until there is a cure for diabetes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/pioneers/frederick-banting.html |title=Frederick Banting |publisher=[[Diabetes.co.uk]] |access-date=September 7, 2015}}</ref> When a cure is found, the flame will be extinguished by the researchers who discover the cure. The flame is located at Sir Frederick Banting Square in [[London, Ontario]], Canada beside the Banting House National Historic Site of Canada.<ref name=CDA/><ref>{{cite book |first1=Garfield |last1=Gini-Newman |first2=Bob |last2=Aitken |first3=Diane |last3=Eaton |first4=Dick |last4=Holland |first5=John |last5=Montgomery |first6=Sonia |last6=Riddock |title=Canada: A Nation Unfolding |publisher=McGraw-Hill Ryerson School |edition=2nd |date=2000}}</ref>

=== Time capsule ===
A [[time capsule]] was buried in the Sir Frederick Banting Square in 1991 to honour the 100th anniversary of Sir Frederick Banting's birth. It was buried by the International Diabetes Federation youth representatives and [[Governor General of Canada]] [[Ray Hnatyshyn]]. It will be exhumed if a cure for diabetes is found.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Diabetes |website=Canadian Diabetes Association |url=http://www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes/history-of-diabetes |access-date=July 29, 2015 |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329231438/http://www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes/history-of-diabetes |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Honorary degrees ===
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2009}}
Sir Frederick Banting received honorary degrees from several universities:
* [[University of Western Ontario]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]]) on May 30, 1924<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degrees Awarded, 1881–present |website=University of Western Ontario |url=http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/senate/honorary/honorary_degrees_by_year.pdf |page=30 |access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref>
* [[University of Toronto]] ([[Doctor of Science|D.Sc.]]) in 1924<ref name="library.utoronto.ca">{{cite web |title=Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, Papers |url=http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/collections/findaids/banting.pdf |website=Library.utoronto.ca |access-date=July 29, 2015 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314091429/http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/collections/findaids/banting.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] (LL.D.) in 1924<ref name="library.utoronto.ca"/><ref name="Nobel"/>
* [[University of Michigan]] (LL.D.) in 1924<ref name="library.utoronto.ca"/>
* [[Yale University]] (D.Sc.) in 1924<ref name="library.utoronto.ca"/>
* [[University of the State of New York]] (D.Sc.) in 1931<ref name="library.utoronto.ca"/>
* [[McGill University]] (D.Sc.) in 1939<ref name="library.utoronto.ca"/><ref>{{cite web|title=McGill University Honorary Degree Recipients |website=McGill University |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/files/secretariat/hon-alph_2.pdf |access-date=July 29, 2015}} {{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

=== Honorific eponyms ===
;Events
* [[Banting Lectures]], annual lecture series organized by the [[American Diabetes Association]]
* [[Banting Award]], highly prestigious award for the best researchers in Canada, valued at $70,000 per year.
;Schools
*Ontario: [[Banting and Best Public School]], [[Toronto]]
*Ontario: [[Banting Memorial High School]], [[Alliston]]
*Ontario: [[Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School]], [[London, Ontario|London]]
*British Columbia: [[École Banting Middle School]], [[Coquitlam]]