For his work and contributions Professor Patterson has received seven honorary degrees from leading universities around the world, the Gold Musgrave Medal for Distinguished Eminence in Literature (2015) from the Institute of Jamaica, the Anisfield- Wolf Book Lifetime Achievement Award (2016) and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Historical Sociology from the American Sociological Association (2021). He was awarded the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) by the Government of Jamaica in 1999 and in 2020 was awarded one of the nation’s highest honours, the Order of Merit.
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