Birthday Honours 2020
Jonathan Pearce MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Associate Director
Organisation: Medical Research Council
“Associate Director, Medical Research Council. For services to Covid-19 research.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Associate Director, Medical Research Council. For services to Covid-19 research.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of their contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Jonathan James Hadow PEARCE
Associate Director, Medical Research Council
For services to Covid-19 research.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63142 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Associate Director
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“Associate Director, Medical Research Council. For services to Covid-19 research.”
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Associate Director, Medical Research Council.
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63142, notice 3647292. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
Location (London, Greater 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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