The Nobel Peace Prize 1949
Awarded on: 1949-10-12
"for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war"
John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearn
Born: 1880-09-23 in Kilmaurs, Scotland
Gender: male
Field: Scottish teacher
Biography
John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr,, styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, medical doctor, biologist, nutritional physiologist, politician, businessman and farmer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).