Order of Merit
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The Order of Merit is a British Order . It was established in 1902 by King Edward VII (based on the Prussian Pour le Mérite ) as a reward for distinguished service in the armed forces , science , art , literature , or for the promotion of culture . The rarer military awards were distinguished from the civil by having a pair of crossed swords behind the central medallion.
The order is limited to the Sovereign and twenty-four members, but additional foreigners may be added as "honorary members." From the beginning the order was open to women; Florence Nightingale was the first woman to receive the order, in 1907 . The order confers no knighthood or other status, but recipients of this single-class order are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "OM" . The badge has the appearance of a red cross surmounted by a golden crown. The ribbon is red and blue.
Order of Merit medal of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, displayed in the Royal Society, London
Current members
Sovereign: HM The Queen
Members:
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC QSO PC 1968 ), Royal Consort
The Revd Owen Chadwick OM KBE 1983 ), Theological Historian
Sir Andrew Huxley OM FRS 1983 ), Physiologist and Nobel Laureate (Medicine)
Dr. Frederick Sanger OM CH FRS 1986 ), Biochemist and Double Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
Dame Cicely Saunders OM DBE 1989 ), Founder of the modern Hospice Movement and recipient of the Templeton Prize
The Rt Hon. The Baroness Thatcher LG OM PC FRS 1990 ), British Prime Minister (1979-1990)
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE 1991 ), Coloratura Soprano
Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS 1992 ), Mathematician and Fields Medalist
Lucian Freud OM CH 1993 ), Painter
Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS 1995 ), Biophysicist and Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM RA 1997 ), Architect and Pritzker Laureate
Sir Denis Rooke OM CBE 1997 ), Industrial Engineer
Sir James Black OM FRS 2000 ), Pharmacologist and Nobel Laureate (Medicine)
Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE 2000 ), Sculptor
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS 2000 ), Mathematical physicist
Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE 2000 ), Playwright
HRH The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC ADC 2002 ), Heir to the Throne
The Rt. Hon. The Lord May of Oxford OM AC FRS 2002 ), Ecologist and President of the Royal Society
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Rothschild OM GBE 2002 ), Philanthropist
Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS 2005 ), Broadcaster
The Rt Hon. The Baroness Boothroyd OM PC 2005 ), First female speaker of the House of Commons
Professor Sir Michael Howard OM CH 2005 ), Military historian
Honorary Members:
Statesman and Nobel Laureate (Peace)
See also
External Links
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