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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Order of Merit canonical 186
Order of Merit (United Kingdom) 25
order of merit 8

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 Order of Merit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (228)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winston Churchill → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Tim Berners-Lee → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of Merit → grade → Order of Merit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Order of Merit
Dwight D. Eisenhower → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
Bertrand Russell → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Winston → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
OM → standsFor → Order of Merit ⓘ
OM → denotesMembershipIn → Order of Merit ⓘ
OM → relatedHonor → Order of Merit ⓘ
British honours system → includes → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Order of Merit
Bernard Montgomery → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Companion of Honour → higherAward → Order of Merit ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher → awarded → Order of Merit ⓘ
T. S. Eliot → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
David Attenborough → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Harold Alexander → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Lord Jellicoe → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Laurence Olivier → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
Lester B. Pearson → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Lord Roberts → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of Canada → type → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: order of merit
Nelson Mandela → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
3rd Earl Russell → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
subject surface form: Bertrand Russell
Mother Teresa → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
John Galsworthy → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
John Singer Sargent → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
Dorothy Hodgkin → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins → memberOf → Order of Merit ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Isaiah Berlin → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
Omar Bradley → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
Alfred Russel Wallace → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Arthur Tedder → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Max Perutz → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
Monty → award → Order of Merit ⓘ
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh → honor → Order of Merit ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
James Chadwick → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Order of Merit
Lord Trenchard → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Lord Fisher → awarded → Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of Ontario → typeOfAward → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: order of merit
Nevill Mott → memberOf → Order of Merit ⓘ
Heihachiro Togo → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)
The Royal Victorian Order → lower → Order of Merit ⓘ
Lord Kitchener → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
The Order of the Companions of Honour → ranksBelow → Order of Merit ⓘ
subject surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
Ted Hughes → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
William Slim → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
John Cockcroft → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
E. M. Forster → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ
Douglas Haig → awardReceived → Order of Merit ⓘ