Birthday Honours 2020
Catherine Atkinson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Data Science.”
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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
10 October 2020
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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Catherine Jane ATKINSON
Data Science Team Leader, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
For services to Data Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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“For services to Data Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 308 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 17% of the list.
In their area
22 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Bedfordshire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645832. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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