Lester Bowles Pearson biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Lester Bowles Pearson

Author Name:

Lester Bowles Pearson

Born As:

Lester Bowles Pearson

Other Names:

Lester Bowles Pearson PC OM CC OBE.

Born:

23 Apr 1897

Died:

27 Dec 1972




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Diplomat                          
                          
Mother Anne Sarah Bowles
Father Edwin Arthur Pearson

Wife Maryon Pearson, one child, Geoffrey.                          
Fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada - 1963-1968 
Nobel Peace Prize - 1957                          
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson wanted a new flag for Canada., A Senate and House of Commons Committee was formed and submissions were called.

The final design of the stylized maple leaf was established by Mr. Jacques St-Cyr, the precise dimensions of red and white were suggested by Mr. George Best, and the technical description of precise shade of red defined by Dr. Gunter Wyszchi and was accepted in 1964, and proclaimed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, to take effect on February 15, 1965.