New Year Honours 2023
Hermione Lee GBE
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Emeritus Professor of English Literature
“Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford. For services to English Literature”
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford. For services to English Literature
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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
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
G.B.E.
To be Ordinary Knights Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Dame Hermione LEE D.B.E. F.B.A.
Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford
For services to English Literature.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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