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ORR, John Boyd

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  • 1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2. The College of Wooster, United States
  • 3. Geneva, Switzerland

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British nutritional scientist and first Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 1945-1948 Was born 23 September 1880 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom and passed away 25 June 1971 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. He was the son of Robert Clark Orr, house painter and quarry owner, and Annie Boyd. On 21 February 1915 he married Elizabeth Pearson Callum. They had two daughters and one son. Entry in IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.

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