Background
Best, Charles Herbert was born on February 27, 1889 in West Pembroke, Maine, United States. Son of Herbert Huestis and Luella (Fisher) Best.
Best, Charles Herbert was born on February 27, 1889 in West Pembroke, Maine, United States. Son of Herbert Huestis and Luella (Fisher) Best.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto (Ontario, Canada), 1921, Master of Arts, 1922, Doctor of Medicine 1925, Doctor of Laws, 1970. Doctor of Science, University England, 1928, University of Chicago, 1941, Paris, 1945, Cambridge University, 1946, University of Oxford, 1947, Laval University, 1952, U. Maine, 1955, Northwestern University, 1959, Laurentian University, 1971. Honorary degrees university of Chile, Uruguay, San Marcos, Peru.
Doctor Medicine honorary, university of Amsterdam, Louvain, Liege, 1947.
Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie University, 1949, Queens University, 1950, U. Melbourne, 1952, U. Edinburgh, 1959. Honorary Doctor, Central U. Venezuela, 1958.
Doctor Medicine honorary, Thessaloniki, 1963, (honorary), Freie U. Berlin, 1966, Ottawa, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1971.
Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Zagreb, 1976.
With U. Toronto, since 1920, fellow department physiology, 1920-1921, research member Counaught laboratories, 1922-1932, research associate Banting-Best Department Medicine Research, 1923-1941, director, 1941-1967, emeritus, 1967-1978, assistant professor physiological hygiene, 1926-1929, acting head department physiological hygiene, 1929-1941, professor physiology, 1929-1978, head department, 1929-1965, director emeritus, 1967-1978, graduate lecturer, 1965-1978. Associate director Counaught laboratories, 1932-1941.
Member advising committee medical research World Health Organization, 1963-1978. Member board science directors Jackson Laboratory Trustee Nutrition Foundation. Served as sergeant 70th Battery, 2d Canadian Tanks Corps, with B.E.F., World War I.
Fellow Royal Society London, Royal Society Canada, Royal Society Edinburgh, Royal College Physicians and Surgical Canada, Physiological Society, Biology-chemical Society (England), Royal College Physicians (Edinburgh), Toronto Academy Medicine (honorary), Medical Society London (honorary).
Member American Society Clinical Nutrition (honorary), American Diabetic Association (honorary, president 1948, council), British Diabetic Association (Vice-President), Canadian Diabetic Association (honorary president), American Academy Arts and Science, Royal Academy Sciences, Amsterdam, Royal Society Medicine, Canadian, Ontario medical associations, Canadian Association Gastroenterology (honorary), Academy Royal de Medical Belgique, Society de Farmacol., Buenos Aires, American (council), Canadian physiological societies, American Society Biological Chemical, American Society Clinical Investigation, National Academy Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society, Association American Physicians, International Union Physiological Sciences (1st president 1953), Physiological Society Great Britain (honorary), European Association for Study Diabetes (honorary), Pontificial Academy Sciences, Toronto Board Trade (honorary), Nu Sigma Nu (president honorary council 1948), Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Athenaeum, Canadian (honorary), York Downs Golf (honorary).
Married Margaret Hooper Mahon, September 3, 1924. Children: Charles Alexander, Henry Bruce Macleod.