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Who knighted John Boyd Orr in 1935?

  • Queen Elizabeth II

  • King Edward VIII

  • King George V

  • King George VI

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King George V knighted John Boyd Orr in 1935. Boyd Orr was a Scottish nutritionist who is best known for his work on the importance of nutrition in human health. He was also the first director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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