New Year Honours 2002
David Ian Olive CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Theoretical Physics.”
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“For services to Theoretical Physics.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 117 times in the New Year Honours List 2002 — about 9% of the list.
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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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2002
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2002 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 2001.
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