John Macleod (physiologist)

John Macleod FRS FRSE
John Macleod c. 1928
Born	(1876-09-06)6 September 1876 Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland
Died	16 March 1935(1935-03-16) (aged 58) Aberdeen, Scotland
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen University of Leipzig
Known for	Co-discovery of insulin
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1923)
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine
Institutions	Case Western Reserve University University of Toronto University of Aberdeen

John James Rickard Macleod, FRS, FRSE^[1] (6 September 1876 – 16 March 1935), was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He devoted his career to diverse topics in physiology and biochemistry, but was chiefly interested in carbohydrate metabolism. He is noted for his role in the discovery and isolation of insulin during his tenure as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, for which he and Frederick Banting received the 1923 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine.^[2]