Peter Joseph Moloney
Medicine
First purified insulin. |
- Birthdate
- June 29, 1891
- Birthplace
- Penetanguishene, Ontario
- Date of Death
- August 12, 1989
- Place of Death
- Toronto, Ontario
- Residence
- Toronto, Ontario
- Family Members
- Father: Thomas Henry Moloney, Irish immigrant
- Mother: Elizabeth Byrnes
- Spouse: Angelina Chapman from Los Angeles, California
- Children: Mary, Henry, Oliver, John, Peter
- Personality
- Humble, dedicated to family and work, known as a raconteur. Had a gentle wry sense of humour.
- Favorite Music
- Anything classical, liked to hum through his lips
- Other Interests
- Anything his children were doing, would walk with them after work and discuss their interests
- Title
- Assistant Director of Connaught Laboratories, U of T campus, Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Hygiene, U of T
- Office
- University of Toronto
- Status
- Deceased
- Degrees
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- BA (general arts) University of Toronto, 1912
- MA, 1915
- PhD (chemistry) 1923
- Awards
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- Order of the British Empire, 1946
- Banting Medal, 1964
- Charles Mickle Fellowship, 1964
- Gairdner Award for his long and distinguished career, 1967
- Charles Best Medal, 1971
- Hoechst Prize 1971
- Mentor
Dr. John Gerald Fitzgerald, first Dean of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Last Updated
- July 5, 2011
