The Nobel Peace Prize 1957
Awarded on: 1957-10-03
"for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis"
Lester Bowles Pearson
Born: 1897-04-23 in Toronto, Canada
Gender: male
Field: Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968
Biography
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as leader of the Liberal party from 1958 to 1968 and as leader of the Official Opposition from 1958 to 1963.