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Lester Bowles Pearson PC OM CC OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of Toronto ), Pearson pursued a career in the Department of External Affairs.
Last Edited February 10, 2021. Lester Bowles (“Mike”) Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE, prime minister 1963–68, statesman, politician, public servant, professor (born 23 April 1897 in Newtonbrook, ON; died 27 December 1972 in Ottawa, ON). Lester Pearson was Canada’s foremost diplomat of the 1950s and 1960s. He formulated the basics of the ...
Lester B. Pearson, Canadian politician and diplomat who served as prime minister of Canada (1963–68). He was prominent as a mediator in international disputes, and in 1957 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
For four decades Lester Bowles Pearson (April 23, 1897-1972) has been noted for his diplomatic sensitivity, his political acumen, and his personal popularity. He is affectionately called «Mike», a nickname given to him by his flying instructor in World War I, who discarded «Lester» as being insufficiently bellicose.
Dec 27, 2022 · Canada’s 14th prime minister, Lester B. Pearson, passed into history 50 years ago today. The only Canadian to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, he is considered one of the greatest of Canada’s ...
Oct 7, 2008 · Perhaps more than any Canadian leader in history, Pearson embodies a certain archetypal notion of what it means to be Canadian. For better or worse, he popularized the idea of us as an understated, compassionate, peacemaking people - labels we're still negotiating four decades later.
Apr 3, 2017 · Lester B. “Mike” Pearson, was an influential diplomat, politician, and Canada’s 14 th prime minister. As a diplomat, he laid the groundwork for NATO. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership at the United Nations during the Suez Crisis.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1957. Born: 23 April 1897, Toronto, Canada. Died: 27 December 1972, Ottawa, Canada. Residence at the time of the award: Canada. Role: former Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada; former President of the 7th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES, professor, office holder, diplomat, and politician; b. 23 April 1897 in Newton Brook (Toronto), second of the three sons of Edwin Arthur Pearson, a Methodist minister, and Annie Sarah Bowles; m. 22 Aug. 1925 Maryon Elspeth Moody in Winnipeg, and they had a son and a daughter; d. 27 Dec. 1972 in Ottawa.
Oct 14, 2018 · On Oct. 14, 1957, Lester Pearson became the first Canadian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But some other Canadians heard news of his award before he learned about it himself.
