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| | John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr Summary |
 | | Orr's major moral and scientific concern, deepened by close observations of life in Glasgow's slums, was the medical meaning of poverty and ignorance, notably in respect to malnutrition and preventable diseases among schoolchildren in the working population. |
 | | Orr grew up in Kilmaurs, near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, a rural community where he studied at Kilmarnock Academy, then studying to become a teacher at a teachers' college and the University of Glasgow, where he studied Arts. |
 | | Orr, by now Rector of University of Glasgow, was elected as Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities in a by-election in April 1945 as an independent, and kept his seat at the general election shortly after. |
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