Birthday Honours 2023
Eleanor Riley CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Immunology.”
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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
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His 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 Eleanor Mary RILEY F.R.S.E. FMedSci
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Edinburgh
For services to Immunology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Immunology.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 103 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 7% of the list.
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31 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from City of Edinburgh.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4378139. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
Location (Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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