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.
Early life and education.
Douglas Harold Copp was born in Toronto, Ontario, on January 16, 1915. 
He received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1939 and his PhD in biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943. 
Career.
In 1950 Copp became the first head of the physiology department in the newly-established Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
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