PEACE: Lester Bowles Pearson 1957 - Wakefield, Quebec
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N 45° 38.238 W 075° 56.298
18T E 426872 N 5054178
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson died in Ottawa in 1972 and was buried near Wakefield, Quebec, in the Gatineau hills, on Chemin MacLaren, Wakefield, QC.
Waymark Code: WMBH8P
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/22/2011
Views: 33
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963, until 20 April 1968, as the head of two back-to-back minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965.
Field of Accomplishment: Peace
Year of Award: 1957
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