Lester B. Pearson
family
childhood
With the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps and in 1915 was shipped to Greece to join the Allied armies fighting the Bulgarians.
After earning his BA at the University of Toronto in 1919, Pearson was undecided on a career
Son of a Methodist parson, Pearson spent his childhood moving from one parsonage to another before enrolling in history at the University of Toronto.
sport
He later also played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club while on a scholarship at the University of Oxford, a team that won the first Spengler Cup in 1923.
At the University of Toronto, Pearson became a noted athlete, excelling in rugby union and also playing basketball.
Pearson also excelled in baseball and lacrosse as a youth.His baseball talents as an infielder were strong enough for a summer of semi-pro play with the Guelph Maple Leafs of the Ontario Intercounty Baseball League.
job
was a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier, prime minister, and diplomat,
Lester bowles Pearson April 23 1897
Newtonbrook in the township of York, Ontario
During World War I, Pearson volunteered for service as a medical orderly
In 1915, he entered overseas service with the Canadian Army Medical Corps
Lester Bowles Pearson did on
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
27 December 1972 at aged 75
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
He tried law and business, won a fellowship to Oxford, and was hired by the University of Toronto to teach history, which he combined with tennis and coaching football.
For all its superficial chaos, the Pearson government left behind a notable legacy of legislation: a Canada Pension Plan, a universal medicare system, a unified armed force, and a new flag
In 1925, he married Maryon Moody, from Winnipeg, who had been one of his students at the University of Toronto