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 …showed first 75 words of 1983 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1983 total…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.