Lester B. Pearson

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Lester B. Pearson was a Canadian diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Canada and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Crisis.

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Lester Bowles Pearson 0 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian politician
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Prime Minister of Canada
diplomat
human
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Canada
Nobel Peace Prize
Order of Merit
causeOfDeath cancer
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
surface form: First World War
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1897-04-23
dateOfDeath 1972-12-27
educatedAt St John’s College, Oxford
surface form: St John's College, Oxford

University of Toronto
familyName Pearson
fieldOfWork international relations
politics
fullName Lester B. Pearson self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lester Bowles Pearson
givenName Lester
introducedPolicy Adoption of the Maple Leaf flag of Canada
Canada Pension Plan
Universal health care framework in Canada
knownFor advocacy of peacekeeping
modernization of Canadian social programs
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Canada
middleName Bowles
militaryBranch Canadian Army (pre‑1968)
surface form: Canadian Army
NobelPeacePrizeFor proposal for a United Nations peacekeeping force during the Suez Crisis
NobelPeacePrizeYear 1957
notableAchievement Helped create the first large-scale United Nations peacekeeping force
notableWork Role in resolving the Suez Crisis
numberOfChildren 2
officeEndTime 1968-04-20
officeHeld 14th Prime Minister of Canada
officeStartTime 1963-04-22
placeOfBirth Newtonbrook, Ontario, Canada
placeOfDeath Ottawa
surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
positionHeld Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Member of Parliament of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada
Secretary of State for External Affairs
precededBy John Diefenbaker
religion Methodism
spouse Maryon Pearson
succeededBy Pierre Trudeau
workedFor Department of External Affairs (Canada)
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

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State funeral of John F. Kennedy attendedBy Lester B. Pearson
Newtonbrook, Ontario, Canada birthplaceOf Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson fullName Lester B. Pearson self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lester Bowles Pearson
Maryon Pearson hasRelative Lester B. Pearson
Bowles isMiddleNameOf Lester B. Pearson
this entity surface form: Lester Bowles Pearson
Lester nameBearer Lester B. Pearson
subject surface form: Lester (given name)
CYYZ namedAfter Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson Award namedAfter Lester B. Pearson
Ted Lindsay Award namedAfter Lester B. Pearson
YYZ namedAfter Lester B. Pearson
University of Toronto notableAlumni Lester B. Pearson
Maryon Pearson spouse Lester B. Pearson
John Diefenbaker succeededBy Lester B. Pearson
Lester usedBy Lester B. Pearson
subject surface form: Lester (given name)