Awards and Honours
- 1977: Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) awarded by the University of Bath.
- 1982: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1989: Grand Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1993: Life Peer (Baron Dahrendorf)
- 1997: Theodor-Heuss-Preis
- 1999: Medal of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- 1999: Honorary Senator of the University of Hamburg
- 2002: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 2003: Pour le Mérite
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