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John Boyd Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

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Medicine
Physiology
Biology
Dietetics

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    Walter Elliot, 1888-1958 / Boyd-Orr ; [with] 'Note on Elliot's E.M.B. work' / by Sir Stephen Tallents.

    Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, Baron, 1880-1971. | Date: 1958
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    The Nation's larder and the housewife's part therein : a set of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May and June, 1940 / by Prof. J.C. Drummond, Maj.-Gen. Sir Robert McCarrison, Sir John Orr [and others] ; with a supplement by Franklin Kidd.

    | Date: 1940
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    Studies of nutrition : the physique and health of two African tribes / by J.B. Orr and J.L. Gilks (for the Dietetics Committee of the Economic Advisory Council).

    Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, Baron, 1880-1971. | Date: 1931
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    Food, health and income : a report on a survey of adequacy of diet in relation to income / by John Boyd Orr.

    Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, Baron, 1880-1971 | Date: 1936
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    Minerals in pasture & their relation to animal nutrition / by J.B. Orr ; with the assistance of Helen Scherbatoff.

    Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, Baron, 1880-1971. | Date: 1929

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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Food
Food Supply

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