Wilfred Thesiger - Awards

Awards

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE 1968
  • Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, DSO 1941
  • Master of Arts, MA, Oxon
  • Third Class Star of Ethiopia 1930
  • Founder's Medal, Royal Geographical Society, RGS 1948
  • Lawrence of Arabia Medal, Royal Central Asian Society, RCAS 1955
  • Livingstone Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, RSGS 1962
  • W.H.Heinemann Award 1964
  • Royal Society of Literature, RSL 1965
  • Burton Memorial Medal, Royal Asiatic Society, RAS 1966
  • Honorary Dlitt Leicester 1967
  • Fellow Royal Society of Literature, FRSL 1982
  • Honorary Fellow British Academy, FBA 1982;
  • Honorary DLitt, University of Bath, 1992

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