Boyd Orr

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/ ɔr /

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

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Boyd Orr

/ (ɔː) /

noun

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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