Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Charles H. Best
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Best insulin, discovery of
Quizzes
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Related Questions
Read Next
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World
Photo of the antacid Tums
How Do Antacids Work?
false viper. Viper. Snake. Giant False Viper (Xenodon severus) in the Peruvian Amazon (aka Giant False Fer-de-Lance or Amazon False Fer-de-lance)
7 Bizarre Spa Treatments
Discover
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden
7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?
Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls
Pro and Con: School Uniforms
Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept
Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

Charles H. Best: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Charles-H-Best
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Charles Herbert Best
Born February 27, 1899 • Maine
Died March 31, 1978 (aged 79) • Toronto • Canada
Subjects Of Study anticoagulant • choline • diabetes mellitus • enzyme • insulin • therapeutics • thrombosis

Photos

Best
insulin, discovery of
See All Images →
Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Canadian physician
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Nicolas C. Paulescu
Romanian physiologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Joseph, Freiherr von Mering
German physician
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Michael W. Young
American geneticist
Buck, Linda B.
Linda B. Buck
American physician
Marshall, Barry J.
Barry J. Marshall
Australian physician
Richard Axel
American scientist
Edwin Gerhard Krebs
American biochemist
Theorell
Axel Hugo Teodor Theorell
Swedish biochemist
Robin Warren
Australian pathologist
Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
Philip Showalter Hench.
Philip Showalter Hench
American physician
George Richards Minot
George Richards Minot
American physician
George H. Whipple
George H. Whipple
American pathologist
William P. Murphy
American physician

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science