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Also Known As John James Rickard MacLeod
Born September 6, 1876 • Scotland
Died March 16, 1935 (aged 58) • Aberdeen • Scotland
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1923)
Subjects Of Study carbohydrate • insulin

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