Norman E. Borlaug

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Minnesota
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Padma_Vibhushan
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-03-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cresco,_Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jeanie_Borlaug_Laube
gptkb:William_Borlaug
gptkbp:deathDate 2009-09-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Dallas,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Elvin_Charles_Stakman
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Rockefeller_Foundation
gptkb:Texas_A&M_University
gptkb:International_Maize_and_Wheat_Improvement_Center_(CIMMYT)
gptkbp:fieldOfWork agriculture
food security
plant breeding
gptkbp:fullName Norman Ernest Borlaug
gptkbp:honor Statue in the United States Capitol
World Food Prize established in his honor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Norman E. Borlaug
gptkbp:influenced global food production
reduction of hunger worldwide
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Green_Revolution
developing high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1970
gptkbp:notableWork development of semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:disease
botanist
humanitarian
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Dallas,_Texas,_United_States
gptkb:Iowa,_United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Dallas,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:signature Green Revolution in India and Mexico
Norman E Borlaug signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Gibson
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Norman_Borlaug:_The_Man_Who_Saved_a_Billion_Lives_(documentary)
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Fed_the_World_(book)
gptkbp:website https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/dr_norman_e_borlaug/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Patent_3,120,606
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7