Birthday Honours 2019
Anna Vignoles (anna Griffiths) CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Faculty of Education
“For services to Social Sciences.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
8 June 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Anna Frances VIGNOLES (Anna Griffiths) F.B.A.
Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
For services to Social Sciences.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62666 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Faculty of Education
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“For services to Social Sciences.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 121 times in the Birthday Honours List 2019 — about 9% of the list.
In their area
16 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Essex.
What organisation were they with?
Faculty of Education.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62666, notice 3294156. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2019).
Published 7 June 2019.
Location (Saffron Walden, Essex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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