Order of Merit

dynastic order recognising distinguished service in Commonwealth realms (1902-)
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Order of Merit

Summary

Order of Merit is an order[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of order entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month, #3 of 645).[2]

Key Facts

  • Order of Merit is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Order of Merit's image is recorded as Order of Merit awarded to Florence Nightingale - National Army Museum.jpg[4].
  • Order of Merit's instance of is recorded as order[5].
  • Order of Merit's instance of is recorded as order of merit[6].
  • Order of Merit's founder is recorded as Edward VII[7].
  • Order of Merit's follows is recorded as Cross of Valour[8].
  • Order of Merit's followed by is recorded as Companion of the Order of Canada[9].
  • Order of Merit's GND ID is recorded as 7576685-1[10].
  • Order of Merit's subclass of is recorded as orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom[11].
  • Order of Merit's subclass of is recorded as Orders, decorations and medals of Canada[12].
  • Order of Merit's Commons category is recorded as Order of Merit[13].
  • Order of Merit's has part is recorded as Member of the Order of Merit[14].
  • Order of Merit's has part is recorded as Honorary member of the Order of Merit[15].
  • +1902-06-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Order of Merit[16].
  • Order of Merit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01w7n7[17].
  • Order of Merit's location of formation is recorded as London[18].
  • Order of Merit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Order of Merit[19].
  • Order of Merit's Commons gallery is recorded as Order of Merit[20].
  • Order of Merit's conferred by is recorded as Charles III[21].
  • Order of Merit's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[22].
  • Order of Merit's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[23].
  • Order of Merit's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Order-of-Merit[24].
  • Order of Merit's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'For Merit'}[25].
  • Order of Merit's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Order of Merit'}[26].
  • Order of Merit's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OM'}[27].

Body

Geography

Order of Merit is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include order[5] and order of merit[6].

History and Context

+1902-06-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Order of Merit[16].

Why It Matters

Order of Merit ranks in the top 0.47% of order entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month, #3 of 645).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . canada.ca. Retrieved . canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . canada.ca. Retrieved . canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . canada.ca. Retrieved . canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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