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Order of Merit

An order founded in 1902 by King Edward VII, in the personal gift of the sovereign and limited to 24 members, recognising exceptional distinction in the arts, learning, sciences and other fields; post-nominal OM.

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An order founded in 1902 by King Edward VII, in the personal gift of the sovereign and limited to 24 members, recognising exceptional distinction in the arts, learning, sciences and other fields; post-nominal OM.

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Post-nominal
OM
Wikidata
Q94056

From the Honoria honours vocabulary (SKOS). exactMatch = Wikidata; closeMatch = The Gazette honours ontology (official but a 2008–2015 beta).

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