Birthday Honours 2009
Christopher Bruce Ricks of Poetry
Knight Bachelor
• University of Oxford and Professor of The Humanities
“For services to Scholarship.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2009
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Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- University of Oxford and Professor of The Humanities
“For services to Scholarship.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 20 times in the Birthday Honours List 2009 — about 2% of the list.
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University of Oxford and Professor of The Humanities.
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Knight Bachelor · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 14 June 2009.
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