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Boyd Orr, Lord (1880-1971), a British nutrition and agricultural scientist, won the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize. He served as director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization from 1945 to 1948, and as president of the World Federalist Government movement in 1948. He was a food consultant to the British government in 1940. He was born in Ayrshire (now Strathclyde Region), Scotland. More »
Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1858-1954), an American botanist and horticulturist, was responsible more... More >>
Bakewell, Robert (1725-1795), was one of the first British farmers to show how livestock could be... More >>
Borlaug, BAWR lawg, Norman Ernest (1914-...), an American agricultural scientist, received the... More >>
Boyd Orr, Lord (1880-1971), a British nutrition and agricultural scientist, won the 1949 Nobel... More >>
Brydone, Thomas (1837-1904), founded New Zealand's frozen-meat export industry. In 1882, he was... More >>
Coke, Thomas William (1752-1842), Earl of Leicester of Holkham, was one of the first British... More >>
Deere, John (1804-1886), was an American inventor and manufacturer. In 1837, he invented the... More >>
Farrer, William (1845-1906), became known as the father of the Australian wheat industry because... More >>
McCormick, Cyrus Hall (1809-1884), invented a reaping machine that revolutionized grain... More >>
Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822-1903), was an American landscape architect, city planner, and writer... More >>
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon (1854-1932), was a pioneer of the cooperative farming movement in... More >>
Rillieux, RIHL ee yoo, Norbert (1806-1894), an American engineer, revolutionized the sugar... More >>
Russell, Sir Edward John (1872-1965), a chemist, was one of the foremost agricultural researchers... More >>
Slater, SLAY tuhr, Samuel (1768-1835), a British textile worker, founded the textile industry in... More >>
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