Search results for "Order of the Companions of Honour" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in 1953, and in 1956, the Order of the Companions of Honour. The Japanese ... in 1953, and in 1956, the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH), founded ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- 17, 2013) was a British writer, author of novels including The Grass ... *Order of the Companions of Honour (1999) *Companion of Literature ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
- meteorologist and physicist who developed the cloud chamber for visualizing ... Wilson was born in the parish of Glencorse, Midlothian, near Edinburgh ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit (OM), Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk – ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- In his acting, he gave a new life to some of the greatest classics in the ... Shy in private, he played roles that dominated the stage and screen ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- warm expressive voice. Gielgud is a member of the short list of entertainers ... a Shakespearian actor. At different stages of his career he played Hamlet ...34 KB (5,145 words) - 05:10, 3 August 2022
- a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... * Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (1999) ...49 KB (7,394 words) - 02:27, 2 May 2024
- laureate who is best known for discovering the neutron. This discovery transformed ... Chadwick was the leader of the British technical team that helped ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 21:08, 20 March 2024
- saint, sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as ... In 521 C.E., Colm Cille (the future Columba) was born to Fedlimid ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- was an influential British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth ... One of the most influential figures in twentieth-century English literary ...19 KB (2,790 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid ... honorary British award of The Order of the Companions of Honour. (CH). ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- 31, 1986) was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, ... made him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- Hanuman (from the Sanskrit "having a large jaw") is an important ... Hanuman is one of the more popular deities in the Hindu pantheon, ...19 KB (3,063 words) - 19:40, 29 January 2022
- and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She was ... * [[File:Order of the Companions of Honour Ribbon.gif|alt=|80x80px ...44 KB (6,146 words) - 18:00, 3 May 2023
- historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations ... Toynbee approached history not from the perspective that takes the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- enormous popular success during a career of more than 70 years and continues ... Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short ...26 KB (4,022 words) - 10:54, 11 March 2023
- Scottish novelist, best known for his novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Unionist ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- May 15, 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving ... in Jeparit, Victoria, a small town in the Wimmera region of western ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- novelist, and short story writer. He was one of the most popular authors of ... itself not in his literary style, but in the themes of his stories, which ...29 KB (4,504 words) - 22:03, 3 May 2023
- political philosopher, noted for his defense of liberal democracy and free ... appointed as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by Queen Elizabeth ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 11:04, 11 April 2024
