The Order of Merit
JN the New Year Honours this year, 1941, Gilbert Murray was awarded the Order of Merit. Gilbert Murray, who is now entitled to write the letters O.M. after his name, is famous as a Greek scholar and translator, and is one of the leading British champions of the League of Nations. The Order of Merit was founded by King Edward VII. in 1902, "as a special distinction for eminent men and women." The first admissions to the order included Lord Roberts and Lord Wolseley on the military side, and on the civil, Lord Kelvin, the famous scientist; Lord Lister, who revolutionised surgery by making it aseptic; W. H. Lecky, the historian; John Morley, historian and statesman; and G. F. Watts, the artist. It will be seen that King Edward set a very high ‘standard, and this has been maintained. Subsequent admissions to the Order of Merit include Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet; John Galsworthy, novelist and playwright; John Masefield, the present Poet Laureate; Sir James. Barrie, playwright and novelist; Sir Edward Elgar and Dr. Vaughan Williams, composers; Sir James Fraser, author of "The Golden Bough"; Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the turbine engine for ships; among scientists; Sir J. J. Thomson, physicist, and his pupil, Lord Rutherford of Nelson; two famous astronomers, Sir James Jeans, and Sir Arthur Eddington; among statesmen, Lord Balfour ead Mr. Lloyd George; among military members, Lord Jellicoe, Lord Beatty, and Lord Baden-Powell. There has been one woman member, Florence Nightingale. It will be seen that New. Zealand has had one member in this very select order-Lord Rutherford.- (" Gilbert Murray and the Order of Merit,’ 2YA, January 19.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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276The Order of Merit New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 5
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