• degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross)...
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  • degrees in ascending order: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross)...
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  • France; Paris, 1984. Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, 1989. Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur de France; Paris, 2011. Krikor Naregatsi Medal of...
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    (1977) Kennedy Center Honors of the United States of America (1978) Grand-Officier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France Officer's Cross...
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    made Commander of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog; France appointed him Officier, Legion of Honour, in 1953; the Italian government created him Grande Ufficiale...
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    Tadao Ando". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 14 February 2020. Muschamp, Herbert. (1995). "Among the Fountains with Tadao Ando; Concrete Dreams In the Sun...
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    Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1994 and was promoted to Officier in 2005. She was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1999 and was...
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    in September 2015 on ARTE (with the participation of Chassol, Matthew Herbert, Blixa Bargeld, Jean-Michel Jarre, Matmos, Kiz, Joseph Bertolozzi); and...
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    French Government for his electrical inventions, being made Chevalier et Officier de la Légion d'honneur. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Yale...
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    Staff Herbert, Colonel Honourable Percy Egerton C.B. Quartermaster-General, Staff (4TH CLASS) Herbert, Corporal Henry 5th Dragoon Guards Cavalry Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel...
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    Christopher Lee (category Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    short stories) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Valley of Fear (abridged) James Herbert: The Fog (abridged) Victor Hugo: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (abridged)...
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  • University of London (1976–1984) 48 Edward Lockspeiser 1905 1973 Art Officier d'Académie, Paris; Writer and broadcaster on music. 49 Roy McMullen 1984...
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    such forces would be made necessary by what he called a "nuclear taboo." Officier of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Commander...
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  • Colin Lucas (category Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    awarded an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) in 1990, Chevalier Ordre du Mérite in 1994, and Légion d'Honneur in 1998 (Officier in 2005)...
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    of Fame inductee 2009: Norman Mailer Prize, Lifetime Achievement 2010: Officier de la Légion d'Honneur 2010: Institute for Arts and Humanities Medal for...
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    Danielle Darrieux (category Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
    Lamač and Henri Decoin The Green Domino Hélène / Marianne de Richmond Herbert Selpin and Henri Decoin 1936 Mademoiselle Mozart Denise Yvan Noé Mayerling...
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    careers as basic legionnaires with one in four eventually becoming a sous-officier (non-commissioned officer). On joining, a new recruit receives a monthly...
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    French President, François Mitterrand; he was promoted from Chevalier to Officier rank in 1993. In addition, he was awarded an honorary British OBE in 1994...
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    infrastructure development assistance to Armenia since 1992. He was appointed as "Officier" (Officer) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997. In 2002, Aznavour appeared...
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    1993: Ministry of Culture's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Paris, France), Officier 1997: American Craft Council, Gold Medal 2007: Textile Museum (Washington...
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  • Sei Ashina (2020) Japanese actress Süleyman Askerî (1915), Ottoman Army officier, gunshot Ottilie Assing (1884), German writer, journalist, feminist and...
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    Flying Ace, Post War Air Race Winner) (Cleveland) George Crook (cavalry officier) (Taylorsville) George Custer (cavalry officer) (New Rumley) Benjamin O...
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    January 1915, and would retire by the end of the year due to his age. "Officiers et anciens élèves Eugène Darcy (1868–1928)". École Navale (in French)...
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    Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2007) Grand Officier, Légion d'honneur (2010) Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Grand Gwanghwa...
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    French Geographical Society (1854) Gold Medal of the Royal Society (1886) Officier de l'Instruction Publique, France (1891) D.C.L. Oxford (1894) Sc.D. (Honorary)...
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  • Managing Director: Mark Fairbrother Chief Financial Officier: Emma Parker Chief Commercial Officier: Luke Wilson Director of Football: Steve Gallen Head...
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    the Order of Merit in 1964; and from France, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, 1966, and Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite, 1968. Awards...
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    Léonie Sonning Music Prize - 2020. Dresden Musik Festspiele Preis - 2020 Officier des Arts et des Lettres - 2022 Grammophon Artist of the Year - 2022 Henri...
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    international writing. That year he was also named Grand Officer (Grand officier) of the Legion of Honour by a special decree of French president Emmanuel...
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    University of Strathclyde, 1990 Honorary DLitt, University of Oxford, 1994 Officier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'honneur (France), 1995 Member of the Order of...
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