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Boyd Orr

American  
[awr] / ɔr /

noun

  1. John, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns, 1880–1971, Scottish nutritionist and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1949.


Boyd Orr British  
/ ɔː /

noun

  1. John , 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns. 1880–1971, Scottish biologist; director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Nobel peace prize 1949

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“On their advice, we have evacuated and closed several buildings, including the mail room, Learning and Teaching Hub, Wolfson Medical School, Bower building, Isabella Elder building, Boyd Orr and Joseph Black building.”

From The Guardian

"Our study raises questions about which other carnivores in the Serengeti might be transmitting the virus between dogs and lions," says Tiziana Lembo, veterinary scientist at the University of Glasgow's Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health.

From The Verge

"If these animals are tracking rainfall patterns, which we know they are, then climate change could mean a fairly substantial change to their migration pattern," said Grant Hopcraft, a research fellow with the University of Glasgow's Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, who led the project.

From Scientific American

John Boyd Orr, the nutritionist and health campaigner who won the Nobel peace prize in 1949.

From The Guardian

The Fabians believed they could improve living conditions in Britain by working with the government, but Boyd Orr decided to do it without aligning himself with a political party.

From The Guardian