John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd Orr
(1880-1971), Nutritional physiologistSitter in 4 portraits
Nutritional physiologist. His lifelong study of nutrition began by highlighting the nation's poor health in the 1920s and advocating linked food and agricultural policies. His ideas underwrote national food policy during the War; director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1945-8), he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1949).
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1942
NPG x82055
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1953
NPG x165424
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print
NPG x86445
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