New Year Honours 2021
Karin Barber DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
“For services to the Study of African Culture.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the Study of African Culture.
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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 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Karin Judith BARBER C.B.E. F.B.A.
Centennial Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics
For services to the Study of African Culture.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Study of African Culture.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 11 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
2 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Midlands.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2021
Alwen Williams
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“For services to Leadership in the NHS.”
Angela Eagle
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Wallasey, Merseyside
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Caroline Mason
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Charity Sector, particularly during the Covid-19 response.”
Irene Lucas-hays
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Whitburn, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Training, to Education and to Young People.”
Jane Glover
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London, Greater London
“For services to Music.”
Joanna Da Silva
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London, Greater London
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Patricia Mcgrath
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Fashion and Beauty Industry and to Diversity.”
Prof Carol Propper
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London, Greater London
“For services to Economic Policy and Public Health.”
Rachel Griffith
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Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Economic Policy and to Education.”
Sheila Cameron Hancock
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London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703338. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Birmingham, West Midlands) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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