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==Awards and honors== Langlands has received the 1996 [[Wolf Prize]] (which he shared with [[Andrew Wiles]]),<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ams.org/notices/199602/people.pdf| title = AMS Notices}}</ref> the 2005 AMS [[Steele Prize]], the 1980 [[Jeffery–Williams Prize]], the 1988 [[NAS Award in Mathematics]] from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]],<ref name=NASMath>{{cite web|title=NAS Award in Mathematics|url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_mathematics|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=February 13, 2011}}</ref> the 2000 grande médaille de l'Académie des sciences de Paris, the 2006 [[Nemmers Prize in Mathematics]], the 2007 [[Shaw Prize]] in Mathematical Sciences (with [[Richard Taylor (mathematician)|Richard Taylor]]) for his work on automorphic forms. In 2018, Langlands was awarded the [[Abel Prize]] for "his visionary program connecting representation theory to number theory".<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=2018: Robert P. Langlands |url=https://abelprize.no/abel-prize-laureates/2018 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |website=The Abel Prize}}</ref> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada]] in 1972 and a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows?keywords_44=&first_name=robert&last_name=langlands&display_name=&election_year_21=&academy_25=All&division_24=All&discipline_23=All&is_deceased=0&sort_by=last_name&sort_order=ASC|title=Search Fellows|author=<!--Not stated-->|publisher=[[Royal Society of Canada]]|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/robert-langlands-11784/|title=Robert Langlands|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved January 27, 2013.</ref> Langlands was elected as a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Phelan Langlands|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/robert-phelan-langlands|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref> He was elected as a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1993<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Langlands|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/47401.html|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> and a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Robert+P.+Langlands&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=June 14, 2021|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> Among other honorary degrees, in 2003, Langlands received a doctorate ''honoris causa'' from [[Université Laval]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ulaval.ca/notre-universite/prix-et-distinctions/doctorats-honoris-causa-de-luniversite-laval/recipiendaires-doctorat-honoris-causa-2002-2003/robert-langlands.html |title = Robert Langlands, Université Laval |access-date = March 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629104739/http://www2.ulaval.ca/notre-universite/prix-et-distinctions/doctorats-honoris-causa-de-luniversite-laval/recipiendaires-doctorat-honoris-causa-2002-2003/robert-langlands.html |archive-date = June 29, 2016 |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2019, Langlands was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2019/governor-general-announces-83-new-appointments-order-canada|title=Governor General Announces 83 New Appointments to the Order of Canada|author=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General|date=June 20, 2019|website=The Governor General of Canada|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628034534/https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2019/governor-general-announces-83-new-appointments-order-canada}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/16-quebecers-to-receive-order-of-canada-honours|title=Alanis Obomsawin, 15 other Quebecers to receive Order of Canada |newspaper=Montreal Gazette|last=Dunlevy|first=T'Cha|date=June 27, 2019|language=en|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date= July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704041620/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/16-quebecers-to-receive-order-of-canada-honours|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 10, 2020, Langlands was honoured at [[Semiahmoo Secondary School|Semiahmoo Secondary]], which installed a mural to celebrate his contributions to mathematics.
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