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We remember John Boyd Orr
We remember John Boyd Orr
Timeline
Timeline
1880
birth
Kilmaurs, near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Source:8528528
23rd September 1880
service
British Army
Captain
Royal Army Medical Corps
Source:3339056
1971
death
United Kingdom
Source:8528528
25th June 1971
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
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| First Names | John Boyd |
| Initials | JB |
| Last Name | Orr |
| Source | 3339056 |
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| Gender | Source |
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| Male |
Contribution
Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
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| British Army | Royal Army Medical Corps | Captain |
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John BoydSir John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr CH, DSO, MC, FRS, was a Scottish teacher, doctor, biologist and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize for research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He was born at Kilmaurs, near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, the middle child in a family of seven children. His father, Robert Clark Orr, was a quarry owner, His mother, Annie Boyd, was the daughter of another quarry master. He served in the RAMC in WW! being awarded the DSO and MC. He died on 25 1971.
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Major John Boyd Orr DSOMajor John Boyd Orr DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 24 August 1914 Western FrontContributed by:
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| John Boyd | Peter5151 | |
| John Boyd Orr, Nobel Peace Prize 1949 | Charlotte33 | |
| Major John Boyd Orr DSO | James201 |
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