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Authorised form of nameBoyd-Orr; John (1880 - 1971); 1st Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns
Other forms of nameJohn Boyd
Other forms of surnameOrr
Dates1880 - 1971
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of birth23 September 1880
Date of death25/06/1971
ActivityEducation:
MA; DSc; MD
Career:
Director of the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen.
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Peace) 1949
Honours:
MC; DSO 1917; Kt 1935; Baron 1949; CH 1968
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/05/1932
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1972 vol 18 pp 43-81, plate, by H D Kay
CodeNA2908
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
PB/8/48/3Correspondence with contributors, with original producer, and with ATV re change of plan and withdrawal of contribution.1962
EC/1932/12Boyd-Orr, John, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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