Birthday Honours 2017
Jonathan Gershuny CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Nuffield College
“For services to the Social Sciences and Sociology.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to the Social Sciences and Sociology.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
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 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 Jonathan Israel GERSHUNY
Professor of Economic Sociology and Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
For services to the Social Sciences and Sociology.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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London
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- Nuffield College
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- London
“For services to the Social Sciences and Sociology.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 110 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Nuffield College.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804152. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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