Original: Norman Ernest Borlaug ( March 25 , 1914 â '' September 12 , 2009 ) was an American agronomist , humanitarian , and Nobel laureate who has been called '' the father of the Green Revolution '' . Borlaug was one of only six people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize , the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal .
Simplified: Norman Borlaug ( born March 25 , 1914 - died September 12 , 2009 ) was an American scientist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 .