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