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The Nobel Peace Prize 1949

Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin
Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin
United Kingdom
Physician; Alimentary Politician; Prominent organizer and Director, General Food and Agricultural Organization; President, National Peace Council and World Union of Peace Organizations
b. 1880
(in Kilmaurs, Scotland)
d. 1971
 
 
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