Charles H. Best Biography

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NAME: Charles H. Best
OCCUPATION: Academic, Physiologist
BIRTH DATE: February 27, 1899
DEATH DATE: March 31, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH: West Pembroke, Maine
PLACE OF DEATH: Toronto, Canada
Full Name: Charles Herbert Best

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Charles H. Best was a physiologist and medical researcher who co-discovered the use of insulin as a treatment for diabetes.

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Charles H. Best was born in West Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, on February 27, 1899. Best studied medicine in Toronto, Canada, and enlisted in the Canadian Army, serving in World War I. After the war, he returned to medicine and worked with fellow physiologist Sir Frederick Banting. Together, they discovered the technique of using insulin to treat diabetes. Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and shared the prize money with Best. Best died in 1978.