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Pearson in World War One during World War I
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"Title / Titre :Lester B. Pearson serving with the Canadian Army Medical Corps / Lester B. Pearson, à l'époque où il faisait partie du service de santé de l'Armée canadienne
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Date(s) : 1916
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : 3192030
Location / Lieu : Salonika Base, Greece / Base de Salonique, Grèce
Credit / Mention de source : Library and Archives Canada / PA-117622 / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-117622"
Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972), Canadian politician and diplomat who served as prime minister of Canada (1963–68). He was prominent as a mediator in international disputes, and in 1957 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Pearson served in World War I (1914–18) and lectured in history at the University of Toronto (1924–28), after studying there and at the University of Oxford. He joined the Canadian foreign service in 1928 and became first secretary in the Department of External Affairs. He served on two royal commissions (1931) and as counselor of the Canadian high commissioner’s office in London (1935).
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