Birthday Honours 2017
Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray
Knight Bachelor
Hope Professor of Zoology
“Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.”
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Knight Bachelor
Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan GODFRAY C.B.E.
Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford
For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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