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| Born | Norman Ernest Borlaug, March 25, 1914, Cresco, Iowa, United States |
| Died | September 12, 2009, Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Agronomy, Plant pathology, Genetics |
| Institutions | DuPont, Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program (Mexico), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Texas A&M University |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota (B.S, 1937) (Ph.D, 1942) |
| Thesis | Variation and Variability in Fusarium Lini (1942) |
| Known for | Green Revolution, World Food Prize |
| Notable awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1970), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977), ForMemRS (1987), Vannevar Bush Award (2000), Public Welfare Medal (2002), National Medal of Science (2004), Congressional Gold Medal (2006), Padma Vibhushan (2006) |
About Norman Borlaug
Biologist Norman Borlaug was born in Cresco, Iowa, United States on March 25, 1914. He dies at the age of 95, on September 12, 2009.
He was an American biologist and humanitarian who earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work developing and promoting hardier kinds of cereal crops to feed more people. He was also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his contribution to the Green Revolution.
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Norman Borlaug before becoming famous
Norman Borlaug was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1914 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).
In 1944, he joined the Rockefeller Foundation to work on ways to farm wheat in Mexico, a topic that he would spend the next 16 years working on.
Achievement of Norman Borlaug
His innovative crop strains were widely adopted in developing nations such as Pakistan, India, and Mexico, where they saved millions of people from starvation.
Norman Borlaug's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
His family raised cattle and grains in a tiny farming hamlet in Iowa, where he grew up.
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Physicist Madame Curie, who discovered polonium and radium's radioactivity, was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in saving countless lives.
Norman Borlaug Income & Net worth
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