- Born
- November 20, 1892
- Died
- June 19, 1965 (aged 72)
- Known as
- biochemist, university teacher, physician
James Bertram Collip 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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