Ha vinto il Premio Nobel per la Pace per la sua ricerca scientifica sulla nutrizione animale come sulla coltivazione di diverse specie di piante cereali e per il suo operato come Direttore generale della FAO.
Opere (1905) Scotch Church Crisis: The Full Story of the Modern Phase of the Presbyterian Struggle, Glasgow, John M'Neilage. (1929) Minerals in Pastures and Their Relation to Animal Nutrition, London, Lewis. (1934) The National Food Supply and Its Influence on National Health, London, King. (1936) Food, Health and Income, London, Macmillan. (1937) Nutritional Science and State Planning, in John Boyd Orr et al. (eds). What Science Stands For, London, Allen & Unwin. (1942) Fighting for What?, London, Macmillan. (1943) Food and the People, London, Pilot Press. (1946) A Charter for Health, London, Allen & Unwin. (1948) Food: The Foundation of World Unity, London, National Peace Council. (1950) International Liaison Committee of Organisations for Peace: A New Strategy of Peace Londo, National Peace Council. (1957) Feast and famine: The wonderful world of food, London, Rathbone Books. (1958) The Wonderful World of Food: The Substance of Life Garden City, NY, Garden City Books. (1964) The White Man's Dilemma: Food and the Future con David Lubbock, London, Allen & Unwin. (1966) As I recall: the 1880s to the 1960s introdotto da Ritchie Calder, London, MacGibbon & Kee. (1970) Ethical Choice con Robert Nelson Beck, London, Free Press, ISBN 0-02-902070-0
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