List of prizes, medals, and awards - List of prizes, medals, and awards A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc. Lists of people By name By belief By nationality By occupation By office held By prize won Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Science, Mathematics, Technology 1.1 Mathematics 1.2 Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, and Invention 2 Arts and Letters 2.3 American literature 2.4 British literature 2.5 Canadian literature 2.6 Finnish literature 2.7 French language literature 2.8 Indian literature 2.9 Italian literature 2.10 Spanish literature 2.11 Swedish literature 2.12 Science fiction and Fantasy 2.13 Children's literature 3 Architecture 4 Business and Management 5 Humanitarianism 6 Logic and Philosophy 7 General achievement 8 National honours, military, and patriotic medals 8.14 Australia 8.15 Canada 8.16 France 8.17 Germany.
Olympic medalists - Olympic Games, IOC country codes, list of prizes, medals, and awards Notes: I've had to omit some of the diacritical marks, especially for the Eastern Europeans because I couldn't generate them on my PC. The Poles seem to have done particularly badly on this front..
Lists of people - Lists of people This is a list of real people who are known by a non-Wikipedian name and who are mentioned in articles. This list does not include fictional characters, e.g., people like Arthur the Knight are included but King Arthur is not. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 By name 2 By date 3 Lists of people by category 4 Names 5 Other categories of famous people 5.1 People by associated physical condition/characteristic 5.2 People by lifestyle (in certain cases with a possibly biological role) 5.3 People by belief 5.4 People by achievements 5.5 People by occupation 5.6 People by studies 5.7 People by circumstance By name A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K.
List of reference tables - List of reference tables You usually find a collection of reference tables in the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work). As these tables appear, please add them to this index. What we have in mind is listings or tabular information for quick reference, not narrative articles. Alternate versions: For an alphabetical listing: Special:Allpages/List of (cont. 1 2 3 4 5 6) By type: List of glossaries (glossaries are also included in this list) Lists of articles by category (also included here) List of themed timelines (also included in this list) List of trivia lists (also included here) List of countries (general lists by country not included here) Lists of people (not included here) Table of.
List of honorary societies - List of honorary societies This is a list of honorary societies to which individuals are elected based on meritorious conduct. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Private Academies and Societies 2 National Academies 2.1 China, People's Republic of 2.2 France 2.3 Russia 2.4 Sweden 2.5 Taiwan (Republic of China) 2.6 United States 2.7 United Kingdom 3 See also Private Academies and Societies American Philosophical Society Phi Beta Kappa Society National Academies China, People's Republic of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Chinese Academy of Engineering France Académie française Russia Russian Academy of Science Sweden Swedish Royal Academies Taiwan (Republic of China) Academia Sinica United States Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering United Kingdom Royal Society British Academy Royal Society.
Kyoto Prize - the Inamori Foundation with 20 billion yen and Kyocera stock. Kazuo Inamori was the founder of Kyocera. The prize is rising in prestige as it covers fields not often awarded Nobel Prizes See also List of prizes, medals, and awards.
Decoration - etc.; Interior decoration, the internal finishing of a building Something that is an honor to get: see List of prizes, medals, and awards. This is a disambiguation page, i.e. one that simply points to several other pages within Wikipedia, any of which might be the page you were trying to find..
Beauty - as aesthetics. Decoration is an object or act to increase beauty of a person, room, etc.; see also Interior decoration. It may also be something that is an honor to get, see List of prizes, medals, and awards. A common theory says that beauty is the appearance of things and people that are good. This has many supporting examples. Most of us judge healthy, symmetric, fertile or virile human beings as beautiful. Symmetry may be important because it is evidence that the person grew up in a healthy way, from without visible genetic defects. One traditional, subtle feature that is considered an indication of beautiful women in all cultures is a waist-to-hip ratio of about 75%. The waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) theory was discovered by psychologist Dr. Devendra Singh of the University.
State decoration - State decoration State decorations are orderss, medals and other decorations granted by a sovereign state. Unlike non-state decorations, state decorations are regulated by the state. Such regulations may specify: Lists of decorations which may be worn on military and civil uniform The manner in which decorations are to be worn Restrictions on the acceptance of foreign decorations by citizens State decorations may be divided into civil decorations and military decorations. State decorations normally include one or more of the following components: Medals and other decorations suspended from ribbon pinned to the breast Women's decorations suspended from a bow worn pinned to the breast Neck decorations suspended from narrow ribands around the neck Broad ribands worn over one shoulder (on which may be suspended a decoration) Breast stars pinned to the lower.
Prix Goncourt - prize 1919 to Marcel Proust; this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland Dorgelès for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War, for the following reasons: the prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was 48; this was immediately after the end of the war, where Dorgelès had fought, whereas Proust had been deemed unfit for service for medical reasons (he had asthma). Full list of prize winners. 1903 - John Antoine Nau, Force ennemie 1904 - Léon Frapié, La Maternelle 1905 - Claude Farrère, Les Civilisés 1906 - Jérôme et Jean Tharaud, Dingley, l'illustre écrivain 1907 - E. Moselly, Le Rouet d'ivoire 1908 - Francis de Miomandre, Ecrit sur l'eau.
Légion d'honneur - Government of France. First instituted by Emperor Napoleon I on May 19, 1802, it is one of the most prestigious French awards and the country's highest civilian honor. The order is conferred upon men and women, either French citizens or foreigners, for outstanding achievements in military or civil life. The award consists of five classes. In descending order of distinction, they are: Grand Cross; Grand Officer; Commander; Officer; Chevalier (Knight). See also: State decoration List of prizes, medals, and awards.
List of movie awards - List of movie awards This is a list of groups, organizations and festivals that award prizes to motion pictures. Many awards are simply called the best picture (or actor or director) as chosen by the group presenting the wards. Where applicable, however, the name of the award is given -- for example, the Oscar. Awards have been divided into three major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of critics; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival; and industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Critics' awards 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 France 1.4 Internet 1.5 United Kingdom 1.6 United States 2 Festival.
Albert Henry Krehbiel - American Traveling Scholarship to study in Paris at the Academie Julian under muralist and neoclassical painter, Jean-Paul Laurens. While in Paris, Krehbiel won four gold medals at the Academie Julian (the only American ever to have done so) and the coveted Prix de Rome, as well as many other awards and prizes. Returning to the United States, Krehbiel was commissioned to design and paint the mural for the wall of the Chicago Juvenile Court in 1906. In 1907, he was unanimously awarded the commission in a national competition to design and paint the eleven wall and two ceiling murals for the Supreme and Appellate Court Rooms of the Illinois Supreme Court Building in Springfield, the state's capitol. Begun in 1907, the final Supreme Court Building mural was completed and installed in.
Marie Marvingt - Born 20 Feb 1875, Aurillac France. She was a world class athlete-- winning numerous prizes in swimming, canoeing, fencing, shooting, ski-jumping, skating, and bobsled—She especially dominated the 1908-1910 seasons at Chamonix France, where she won more than 20 first place awards. Additionally, she was a World-class mountain climber—the first woman to climb most of the peaks of the French and Swiss Alps-- 1903-1910 (including ascents of two major ones in a single day). The French Academy of Sports gave her a medal in March 1910 "for all sports" (the only one they ever gave for more than one sport). 1901-- first balloon flight 19 July 1907-- first balloon flight as pilot 1908-- not being allowed to participate in the tour de France (it was a man's sport, after all), she nevertheless.
Juan Maria Solare - regularly (Radio Nacional de España, Deutsche Welle, Radio Bremen, Radio Fabrik Salzburg, Radio Universitaria Sao Paulo). (See: Juan Maria Solare: List of works) Beside his compositional activities he also writes for diverse publications and for the radio Deutsche Welle. He gives courses and lectures on contemporary music. He obtained prizes and awards in Argentina, United Kingdom, Austria and Germany. From 1986 until 1993 he taught Harmony, Morphology and Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Tandil (Argentina). Between 1993 and 1996 he undertook postgraduate studies on Composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne (Germany) under the guidance of Johannes Fritsch, Clarence Barlow and Mauricio Kagel, in the frame of a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Between October 1997 and February 1999, postgraduate studies with Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart. Between 1999.
Hopwood Award - Hopwood Award The Hopwood Awards Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, prominent American dramatist and member of the Class of 1905 of The University of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr. Hopwood's estate was given to the Regents of the University for the encouragement of creative work in writing. The first awards were made in 1931, and today the Hopwood Program offers approximately $100,000 in prizes every year to young aspiring writers at the University of Michigan. Following is a list of the contests held by the Hopwood Program with a brief description of eligibility and prizes offered: The Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest Awards are offered in the following genres: drama/screenplay, essay, the novel, short fiction and poetry. These awards are classified under two categories, Graduate or.
Hogwarts - to teach at Hogwarts, she would teach Charms. Potions Potions is the art of mixing objects together in one's cauldron in order to create a potion. Potions is taught from the First to Seventh Year. Severus Snape is the current Potions master, however he covets the Defense Against the Dark Arts job. Astronomy Astronomy classes take place in the tallest tower and occur every Wednesday. Astronomy is taught from the First to Seventh Year. By their fifth year, students are expected to be able make a star chart. Professor Sinistra is the current Astronomy teacher. History of Magic History of Magic is study of magical history. History of Magic is taught from the First to Seventh Year. The current History of Magic teacher, Professor Binns, isn't very effective. Professor Binns is.
Governor General of Canada - of the Canadian Armed Forces--real political power rests with the Prime Minister, Parliament, and the provincial governments. The Governor General's is a formal, ceremonial, and cultural office. Current and past Governors General use the style "Right Honourable" (très honorable), like the Prime Minister. However, Governors General in office also use the style "His/Her Excellency". The Governor General's official residence is Rideau Hall; by tradition, he or she also spends several weeks a year at the Citadelle in Quebec City. The Governor General's job is primary focused around attending state banquets and functions for visiting world leaders, and giving awards and medals at special awards ceremonies. The Governor General is the Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, and therefore the Governor General often wears the red-and-white insignia of the Order at.
December 2003 - probe Beagle 2, which was designed to perform advanced studies of the Martian soil in an effort to find microbial life. [1] December 26, 2003 A powerful earthquake occurs near the southern Iranian city of Bam at 0156 GMT (5.26am local time). The USGS estimates its magnitude as 6.7 on the Richter scale. The BBC reports that "70% of the modern city of Bam" is destroyed. Iranian government officials estimate the death toll at over 20,000 with a further 50,000 injured. Bam Citadel the largest adobe structure of the world is destroyed. The area of the citadel is about 180,000 square meters and the construction date of parts of it goes back for about 2500 years. [2]class="external">[1 The death toll in the Chinese gas-leak rises to 191. [1] Fearing the state's.
1998 - 1998 in music 1998 in science 1998 in sports 1998 in television 1998 in Canada Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Nobel Prizes 6 Heads of state and government Events January: A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubless to stem inflation and promote confidence. January 6 - The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon and later found evidence for frozen water on the moon's surface. January 8 - Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in.
