Charles Herbert Best

Does Charles Herbert Best Dead or Alive?

As per our current Database, Charles Herbert Best is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).

🎂 Charles Herbert Best - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

Currently, Charles Herbert Best is 125 years, 9 months and 25 days old. Charles Herbert Best will celebrate 126rd birthday on a Thursday 27th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Charles Herbert Best upcoming birthday.

🌙 Zodiac

Charles Herbert Best’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Charles Herbert Best was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.

About

One of the first doctors to isolate insulin in order to control diabetes in animal trials.

Before Fame

He joined Dr. Frederick Banting's laboratory to assist him in research on insulin.

Trivia

He got into Banting's lab with sheer luck, the flip of a coin actually. Had he lost the flip, history could have gone completely differently.

Family Life

His son, Dr. Henry Best, was president of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

Associated With

He became a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame along with GPS inventor Roger Easton.

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