Order of Merit

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British order of merit order of chivalry

The Order of Merit is a highly prestigious British honor awarded to individuals of exceptional distinction in the arts, sciences, literature, and public service.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British order of merit → order of chivalry →
additionalMembersAllowed	yes →
additionalMembersType	honorary members →
advisoryProcess	informal consultation →
appointmentsMadeBy	sovereign personally →
awardedFor	exceptionally meritorious service in art → exceptionally meritorious service in literature → exceptionally meritorious service in public service → exceptionally meritorious service in science → exceptionally meritorious service in the armed forces → exceptionally meritorious service in the promotion of culture →
awardingAuthority	monarch of the United Kingdom →
badgeObverseDesign	royal effigy surrounded by a blue enamelled band bearing the words "For Merit" →
badgeReverseDesign	royal cypher and crown →
badgeShape	oval medallion →
belongsTo	British honours system →
confersKnighthood	no →
country	United Kingdom →
dateEstablished	26 June 1902 →
eligibility	British subjects → Commonwealth citizens → foreign nationals → individuals of exceptional distinction →
fieldOfRecognition	arts → literature → public service → sciences →
foundedBy	Edward VII →
genderEligibility	men → women →
grade	Member of the Order of Merit →
hasAbbreviation	OM →
hasLanguage	English →
inception	1902 →
insignia	badge → breast star → riband →
isOrderOfKnighthood	no →
maximumNumberOfMembers	24 →
motto	For Merit →
postNominalLetters	OM →
precedenceWithinUKHonoursSystem	very high →
religion	secular →
ribbonAdditionalStripes	no →
ribbonColour	red →
status	currently constituted →
styleGranted	no title of knighthood →
type	single-class order →

Referenced by (99)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → Alan Brooke → Alfred Russel Wallace → Andrew Cunningham → Arthur Tedder → Bernard Montgomery → Bertrand Russell → Bertrand Russell → Bruce Fraser → Charles Portal → David Attenborough → David Beatty → David Hockney → Dorothy Hodgkin → Douglas Haig → Dwight D. Eisenhower ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → E. M. Forster → Ernest King → Florence Nightingale → Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts → Giles Gilbert Scott → Harold Alexander → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → Hastings Ismay → Heihachiro Togo ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Henry Maitland Wilson → Henry Moore ("Order of Merit (UK)") → Henry Rawlinson → Henry Tizard → Horatio Herbert Kitchener → Isaiah Berlin ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → J. M. Barrie → James Black → James Chadwick ("Member of the Order of Merit") → Jan Smuts ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → John Cockcroft → John Galsworthy → John J. Pershing → John Rushworth Jellicoe → John Singer Sargent ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Joseph Lister → Laurence Olivier ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Lester B. Pearson → Lester B. Pearson → Lord Hardinge ("Member of the Order of Merit") → Lord Jellicoe → Lord Kelvin → Lord Kitchener → Lord Roberts → Lord Trenchard → Lord Wavell → Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma → Max Perutz ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Mother Teresa → Mother Teresa ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Nelson Mandela → Omar Bradley ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Paul Nurse → Paul Nurse → Ralph Vaughan Williams ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → Sholto Douglas → Sir James Dyson ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → T. S. Eliot → Ted Hughes → Thomas Hardy ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → Tim Berners-Lee → Tom Stoppard ("Order of Merit (United Kingdom)") → William Slim → William Walton → Winston Churchill → Winston Churchill →	awardReceived
Frederick Gowland Hopkins → Gerhard Herzberg → J. M. Barrie → Lawrence Bragg → Nevill Mott →	memberOf
Lord Fisher → Margaret Thatcher → Rowan Williams →	awarded
Gold and Silver Rays ("Order of merit") → Gold and Silver Star → Silver Rays with Neck Ribbon →	orderType
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ("order of merit cross") → Order of Canada ("order of merit") → Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ("order of merit") →	type
Monty →	award
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo ("Order of merit") →	category
OM →	denotesMembershipIn
Order of Merit ("Member of the Order of Merit") →	grade
Companion of Honour →	higherAward
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh →	honor
Michael Atiyah →	honorificTitle
British honours system ("The Order of Merit") →	includes
The Royal Victorian Order →	lower
Order of the Companions of Honour →	ranksBelow
OM →	relatedHonor
OM →	standsFor
Order of Ontario ("order of merit") →	typeOfAward