New Year Honours 2019
Geoffrey Maitland CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Chemical Engineering.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
29 December 2018
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased 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 Geoffrey Colin MAITLAND FREng
Professor of Energy Engineering, Imperial College London
For services to Chemical Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62507 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Cambridgeshire
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“For services to Chemical Engineering.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 107 times in the New Year Honours List 2019 — about 7% 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 · 2019
London Gazette (official record), issue 62507, notice 3176356. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2019).
Published 28 December 2018.
Location (Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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