Buried at: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Accolades: Order of Canada

Date of Birth1899-02-27, West Pembroke, Washington County, Maine
Date of Death1978-03-31, Toronto, Ontario

  • Also known as Charles Herbert Best

Charles Best was a medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin.

Dr. Charles Best and Dr. Frederick Banting discovered insulin.

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