Lester B. Pearson

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Canadian politician Nobel Peace Prize laureate Prime Minister of Canada diplomat human

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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Label Occurrences
Lester B. Pearson canonical 19
Lester Bowles Pearson 2
Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific 1

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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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University of Toronto → notableAlumni → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
Lester B. Pearson → fullName → Lester B. Pearson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lester Bowles Pearson
Toronto Pearson International Airport → namedAfter → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada → hasPrimeMinisterProduced → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
State funeral of John F. Kennedy → attendedBy → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
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Ted Lindsay Award → namedAfter → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific
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Pearson Medal of Peace (eponym) → namedAfter → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
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subject surface form: Pearson Medal of Peace
this entity surface form: former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
Pearson Medal of Peace (eponym) → namedInHonorOf → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ
subject surface form: Pearson Medal of Peace
this entity surface form: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester B. Pearson
NHL players’ outstanding player award → namedAfter → Lester B. Pearson ⓘ