Douglas Harold Copp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Douglas Harold Copp

scientist, discoverer of calcitonin

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1998

Profession: biologist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Douglas Harold Copp, (January 16, 1915 – March 17, 1998) was a Canadian scientist who discovered and named the hormone calcitonin, which is used in the treatment of bone disease.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received his M.D.
from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his Ph.D.
in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943.
In 1950 he became the first head of the physiology department in the newly established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.He was a Fellow of both the Royal Society (elected 1971) and the Royal Society of Canada.