Frederick Banting.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR FREDERCK BANTING Frederick Banting was born on November 14th, 1891 in a farmhouse , just two miles from the Town of Alliston (North of Toronto). He grew up as a farm boy and had close ties with his family. He attended a Methodist Church and had a strong Christian background. Fred Banting was your typical Canadian youth growing up in rural Ontario. Throughout high school Fred Banting's marks were average. He …

…long time friends became disenchanted with him. I think up until his untimely death that Frederick Banting was a person who wanted to help his fellow man and used his mind and heart to do so. Today the house on Adelaide Street in London still stands and is now a museum, a bronze statue of Sir Frederick Banting was erected and an eternal flame of hope burns until the final cure for diabetes is discovered.