Norman Borlaug

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate agronomist human humanitarian

Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist and humanitarian known as the “father of the Green Revolution” for developing high-yield, disease-resistant crops that helped dramatically reduce global hunger.

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Norman Borlaug canonical 13
Borlaug 1
Norman E. Borlaug 1

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instanceOf Nobel Peace Prize laureate ⓘ
agronomist ⓘ
human ⓘ
humanitarian ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
Order of the Aztec Eagle ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction ⓘ
surface form: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Public Welfare Medal ⓘ
Vannevar Bush Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath lymphoma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-03-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2009-09-12 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Minnesota ⓘ
employer International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center ⓘ
Rockefeller Foundation ⓘ
Texas A&M University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norwegian Americans ⓘ
familyName Norman Borlaug self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Borlaug
fieldOfWork agronomy ⓘ
food security ⓘ
plant breeding ⓘ
plant pathology ⓘ
givenName Norman ⓘ
influenced food security initiatives worldwide ⓘ
global agricultural policy ⓘ
modern plant breeding practices ⓘ
knownFor Green Revolution ⓘ
developing disease-resistant wheat varieties ⓘ
developing high-yield wheat varieties ⓘ
reducing global hunger ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
movement Green Revolution ⓘ
nickname father of the Green Revolution ⓘ
notableWork development of semi-dwarf wheat varieties ⓘ
wheat breeding programs in Mexico ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cresco, Iowa, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dallas, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
positionHeld distinguished professor at Texas A&M University ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation India ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ

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Public Welfare Medal → notableRecipient → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
Norman Borlaug → familyName → Norman Borlaug self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borlaug
Norman → hasGivenNameBearer → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
Cresco, Iowa, United States → hasNotablePerson → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
subject surface form: Cresco, Iowa
Green Revolution → keyFigure → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center → founder → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center → notablePerson → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
University of Minnesota → hasNotableAlumnus → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
University of Minnesota → hasNotableFaculty → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal → notableRecipient → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman E. Borlaug
World Food Prize → founder → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
World Food Prize → namedAfter → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
World Food Prize → associatedPerson → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
Norman Borlaug Boyhood Farm → namedAfter → Norman Borlaug ⓘ
Norman Borlaug Boyhood Farm → commemorates → Norman Borlaug ⓘ