James Collip

James Bertram Collip

CBE FRS FRSC FRCP FRCPC
James Bertram Collip; CBE FRS FRSC FRCP FRCPC
	Collip in his office at McGill University, c. 1930
Born	James Bertram Collip; November 20, 1892; Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 19, 1965 (aged 72); London, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Known for	Purification of insulin
Awards	Flavelle Medal (1936); Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1937) ; Fellow of the Royal Society
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry

James Bertram Collip CBE FRS FRSC FRCP FRCPC (November 20, 1892 – June 19, 1965) was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the chair of the department of biochemistry at McGill University from 1928 to 1941 and dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario from 1947 to 1961, where he was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society.

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