John Boyd Orr
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John Boyd Orr was a Scottish physician, biologist, and politician best known for his pioneering work in nutrition and as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Boyd Orr canonical | 1 |
| John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr | 1 |
| Sir John Boyd Orr | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: John Boyd Orr Context triple: [Orr, hasNotableBearer, John Boyd Orr]
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Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
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John James Rickard Macleod
John James Rickard Macleod was a Scottish physiologist and Nobel Prize–winning co-discoverer of insulin whose work fundamentally transformed the treatment of diabetes.
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Charles Best
Charles Best was a Canadian physiologist best known for co-discovering insulin alongside Frederick Banting, a breakthrough that revolutionized the treatment of diabetes.
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A. V. Hill
A. V. Hill was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on muscle physiology and the biophysics of nerve and muscle function.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Boyd Orr Target entity description: John Boyd Orr was a Scottish physician, biologist, and politician best known for his pioneering work in nutrition and as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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A.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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B.
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
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C.
John James Rickard Macleod
John James Rickard Macleod was a Scottish physiologist and Nobel Prize–winning co-discoverer of insulin whose work fundamentally transformed the treatment of diabetes.
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D.
Charles Best
Charles Best was a Canadian physiologist best known for co-discovering insulin alongside Frederick Banting, a breakthrough that revolutionized the treatment of diabetes.
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E.
A. V. Hill
A. V. Hill was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on muscle physiology and the biophysics of nerve and muscle function.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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biologist ⓘ human ⓘ nutritionist ⓘ physician ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Peace Prize
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Nobel Peace Prize in 1949 ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
surface form:
Order of the Companions of Honour
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| birthDate | 1880-09-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Ayrshire
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Kilmaurs ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| causeAdvocated |
eradication of hunger
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international cooperation on food policy ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1971-06-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Moray House College of Education
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surface form:
Glasgow Normal School
University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| employer |
Food and Agriculture Organization
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surface form:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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| familyName | Orr ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural policy
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food security ⓘ nutrition ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| fullName |
John Boyd Orr
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr
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| givenName | John ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Baron Boyd-Orr ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lords ⓘ |
| militaryService | Royal Army Medical Corps ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Boyd-Orr ⓘ |
| nobleTitleOf | Brechin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of global food security
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pioneering work in human nutrition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Food, Health and Income
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The White Man’s Dilemma ⓘ |
| occupation |
biologist
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physician ⓘ politician ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization
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first Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Aberdeen
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Glasgow ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
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Subject: John Boyd Orr Description of subject: John Boyd Orr was a Scottish physician, biologist, and politician best known for his pioneering work in nutrition and as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Referenced by (3)
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