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Lester Bowles " Mike " 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.
Jul 6, 2011 · Lester Bowles (“Mike”) Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE, prime minister 1963–68, statesman, politician, public servant, professor (born 23 April 1897 in Newtonb...
Lester B. Pearson (born April 23, 1897, Toronto, Ontario, Canada—died December 27, 1972, Ottawa) was a 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.
Lester Bowles Pearson. 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.
"They may know that they fly into a big, busy airport in Toronto named after him," says Cohen, author of Lester B. Pearson, the latest biography in Penguin's Extraordinary Canadians series. "And they do know he won the Nobel Peace Prize."
The Nobel Peace Prize 1957 was awarded to Lester Bowles Pearson "for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis"
Dec 8, 2017 · While Lester B. Pearson is most remembered for his contributions to peacekeeping, he added just as much to Canada’s foreign policy legacy with his leadership on international assistance, argue Robert Greenhill and Marina Sharpe.
Though he was considered a fairly unremarkable politician in his own time, and only served four shaky years as prime minister, Lester Pearson’s legacy seems to have aged well, and he now frequently appears on lists of Canada’s “greatest leaders.”
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson PC OM CC OBE 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 , Pearson pursued a career in the Department of External Affairs.
