Background
Orr, John Boyd was born on September 23, 1880 in Kilmaurs, Scotland. Son of Robert Clark and Annie (Boyd) Orr.
Orr, John Boyd was born on September 23, 1880 in Kilmaurs, Scotland. Son of Robert Clark and Annie (Boyd) Orr.
Master of Arts, Glasgow University, 1902, Bachelor of Science, 1907, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1913, Doctor of Medicine cum laude, 1914, Doctor of Science, 1919. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Saint Andrews, 1935, Edinburgh, 1941, Princeton, 1946, universities Aberdeen, Manchester, Groeningen, Delhi, Santiago, Uppsala, Vollebach (Norway).
Director Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1914-1945, director Imperial bureau of Nutrition, 1929-1945. Professor agriculture, Aberdeen University, 1942-1945, rector Glasgow University, 1945, chancellor, 1946. Member of Parliament for Scottish Universities, 1944-1947.
Director-general Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), United Nations, 1945-1948.
Served as major. medical corps, 1914-1918. Fellow New York Academy of Medicine (honorary), Royal Society (London and Edinburgh), Royal Agricultural Society (Sweden). Member Medical Association, Physiological Society of United Kingdom, Biochem, Society of United Kingdom, National Peace Council (president), World Movement for World Government (president).
Married Elizabeth Pearson Callum, 1915. Children: Elizabeth Joan, Helen Annie, Donald Noel Boyd (killed in action, World World World War II).