Birthday Honours 1980
John Edgar STEVENS of Medieval and Renaissance English CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• University of Cambridge
Organisation: University of Cambridge
“For services to Musicology.”
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“For services to Musicology.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 146 times in the Birthday Honours List 1980 — about 10% of the list.
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4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1980
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1980 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1980.
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