Banting Memorial High School Banting Memorial High School Banting Memorial High School is a public secondary institution serving grades 9-12, located in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Simcoe County District School Board and currently has a student population of about 1550. The principal is Alberto Bernardi. The school is named in honour of Sir Frederick Grant Banting, a key member of the Canadian scientific team that discovered how to extract and use insulin for treating diabetes mellitus. Alliston, Ontario, Canada was the home town of Sir Frederick Banting, and is also the foundation of his homestead. Banting Memorial offers attending students
Banting (crater) name the small craters around it with the same name followed by different letters of the alphabet. The new policy allowed deceased scientists who had contributed to biological knowledge, like Dr. Banting – as well as scientists from other fields and contributors to culture and knowledge, such as writers, composers, and artists – to have craters named after them. Previously, only the names of astronomers, others who had made important contributions to astronomy, and historical philosophers had been used. Banting is a "simple" impact crater. It is located in the Sea of Serenity, which is also known as Mare Serenitatis,