James bertram colip biography of alberta

COLLIP, JAMES BERTRAM, biochemist, endocrinologist, university teacher, medical-research administrator, and office holder; b. 20 Nov. in Belleville, Ont., elder of the two children and only son of James Dennis Collip, a gardener and florist, and Mahala Frances Vance, a schoolteacher; m. 28 Dec. Ray Vivian Margaret Ralph in Dundas, Ont., and they had two daughters and a son; d. 19 June in London, Ont.

James Bertram Collip, known to his family and friends as Bert, attended a one-room country school and Belleville High School, where he developed an interest in science, particularly chemistry. In he entered Trinity College, which had recently federated with the University of Toronto. Because, at the age of 15, he was too young to pursue the medical course as he had intended, he enrolled in honours physiology and biochemistry, a program that provided rigorous training in original research for an elite stream of medical students. Collip received James bertram colip biography of alberta death!