Sentences with phrase «knighthood from»

Sir Ken received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.

Received honorary knighthood from the Queen of England.

In 1931, when Birren toured Europe to exhibit his paintings, he received a knighthood from the Duchy of Luxembourg, his parents» birthplace.

Don McCullin, the photographer who has documented conflicts in Cyprus, Vietnam, and Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and recently returned from Syria, will also receive a knighthood from the queen.

Jim was a regular fixture at the Wednesday night Parliamentary Masses, and in recognition of his commitment to his faith and the Church he received a Papal Knighthood from Pope Benedict XVI and became a Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George.

In 2006, at the age of 39, Stelios received a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.

Not exact matches

That was the century when, during two terrible years, the Black Death killed more than a third of the population from Iceland to India, returning four more times before the era was up; when gangs of terrorists roamed and plundered Europe without hindrance; when the Hundred Years War took on a life of its own, frustrating efforts to end it, «an epic of brutality and bravery checkered by disgrace»; when new weapons and errant knighthood brought an end to chivalry; when widespread peasant revolt was answered by terrible aristocratic repression; and when internal scandal robbed the church of its ability to comfort and save.

Even Chaplin's recently bestowed knighthood — however much deserved and belatedly granted — sat rather awkwardly on a figure whose greatness lay in his portrayal of a tough but tender little tramp who stood at the bottom of the social order, if not quite outside of it, and who in real life had come from the slums of London.

This year is even worse than usual, back - to - back international tournaments ensuring that plenty of players are either just sloping back from their holidays, or have gone to London to help Sebastian Coe in his bid for a knighthood baronetcy viscounty.

From Men in Blazers: To celebrate the return of meaning (aka Premier League Football) into our lives, the Men In Blazers, descend into The Swamp to play a live show for the ages at a location we can not yet reveal, but it might be the first step towards a Davo knighthood.

Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin went from Sir Fred to plain old Mr Goodwin after his knighthood for services to banking was taken away.

Among those to contribute to her campaign was Ian Taylor, a prominent donor to the Remain campaign who this week rejected a reported knighthood offer from former prime minister David Cameron.

The most prominent pro-Brexit campaigner, Nigel Farage, has not been given a peerage or knighthood despite calls from the right for him to be rewarded for his part in the successful campaign.

Without these awards from the monarchy many would go unrewarded or people would not care about the achievement especially in terms of awards that are granted due to achievement in a certain academic field, such as David Attenborough's knighthood for his contribution to life science.

A company boss who has given nearly # 1m to the Conservative party and long - serving MPs from across the Commons head the list of political figures who receive a knighthood in this year's New Year honours list.

The great and unavoidable debate about top pay, pensions, Fred Goodwin's knighthood and Stephen Hester's bonus - swollen and exacerbated by the biggest squeeze on middle - class incomes in a generation - is being exploited by our partners in government to rescue them from reputational damage, wreak it on us instead, and roll back the clock to the dismal years before the Thatcher tax revolution.

His classic designs and subtle yet innovative twists have earned him huge accolades in the industry, and you can't get much bigger than receiving a knighthood (making him only the second designer to ever receive one) from The Queen now, can you?

His men, anachronistically called «knights» (knights won't actually become a thing for another 500 years or so, after the Norman conquest; this is an example of an acceptable anachronism, especially since the Arthurian legends, composed in the age of chivalry, have already imposed knighthood on the historical story (if there was one, more about that later)-RRB- are Sarmatians, drafted into Imperial service as part of a 3rd Century surrender agreement between their people and the Empire (not historical: the Sarmatians remained a power in the Ukraine and Balkan regions through the end of the Western Empire, though there is a theory that the Arthurian legends are influenced by or even sourced in, similar Sarmatian stories (notably one about a lady with a sword in a lake), the influence purported to have come from a community of Sarmatian veterans in Lancashire).

At this ThinkQuest Junior site, created by students from Pennsylvania's Salford Hills Elementary School, visitors strive for knighthood as they tour the inside and outside of a medieval castle.

Chosen to exhibit in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennial in 1952, 1954, 1960, 1964 and 1968, and at the documenta in 1959, 1964, 1968, 1977 and decorated with a Knighthood in 1989, following his appointment as Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland, Paolozzi received many national and international accolades; his works are collected in international institutions from the Tate in London to Berlin's Nationalgalerie, to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

He received many national and international accolades — from being chosen to exhibit in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1952, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1968) and documenta (1959, 1964, 1968, 1977), to being decorated with a Knighthood in 1989 following his appointment as Her Majesty's Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland.

Over a five - decade career, he has received numerous honors including a Knighthood in 1987, the Order of Merit (OM) from the Queen in 2000 and a lifetime achievement award from the International Sculpture Center in 1997.

The number of UK prion experts could be counted on one had; from a small back water to the front of government policy, huge funding levels and a knighthood; just who could resist (me for one).