| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year: | 1947 |
| Number: | 71 - 0 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Lord (John) Boyd Orr of Brechin |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1880 |
| Year, Death: | 1971 |
| Profession: | head dept |
| University: | Food and Agricultural Organization |
| City: | Washington, DC |
| State: | DC |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1949 |
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| Motivation: | Work on nutritional physiology, and the importance of the application of these findings to human health and nutrition (see comment). |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Esther M Killick |
| Gender: | F |
| Profession: | prof physiology |
| University: | University of London |
| City: | London |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM (GB) |
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| Comments: |
Three publications are mentioned:
1. "The national food supply and its influence on public health", Chadwick Lecture, 1934;
2. "The economics of diet", Presidential Address to British Association, 1935;
3. "Food, Health and Income", book, 1936. |
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