Birthday Honours 2009
Katharine Ellen Sykes of Sciences and Society OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• University of Bristol
Organisation: University of Bristol
“For services to Science and Technology.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) · 2009
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- University of Bristol
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- Bristol
“For services to Science and Technology.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 276 times in the Birthday Honours List 2009 — about 22% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Alan Cumming
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“For services to film, theatre and the arts and to activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community, USA.”
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Alan Geoffrey Moore
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“For services to the Energy Industry.”
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Royal Navy
Alan Milner
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“For services to good governance in Africa, the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.”
Alan William Henry
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Down
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Alison Mary Egerton Corbett
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Gwynedd
“For voluntary service to the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association in Gwynedd.”
Allan Stewart
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North Yorkshire
“For services to local and national Further Education.”
Amanda Jane Ivemy
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Amanda Sonia Berry
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London
“For services to the Film Industry.”
Andrew Hurst Henderson
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Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Cardiology in Wales.”
Andrew John Beale
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Swansea
“For services to Intellectual Property and to Business in Wales.”
Andrew Kilpatrick
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Hampshire
“For services to Education.”
Andrew William Howarth
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West Sussex
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East Sussex
“For services to the Construction Industry.”
Angus MacDonald
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Perth and Kinross
“For services to the community in the Highlands.”
Anita Cormac
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Special Education.”
Ann Macfarlane
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Ann Whyte Harris
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South Yorkshire
“for Work and Pensions.”
Anne Marie Ledger
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Kent
“For services to Asylum Seekers and Refugees.”
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Matthew Wilson
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Ann Watson
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Ghulam Ng
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James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
“For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland.”
Mark Downs
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“For services to Biology.”
Jonathan Boddington
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Oswestry, Shropshire
“For services to Design and Innovation in Furniture Making.”
Olubukola Babajide
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Technology, to Business and to Inclusion.”
Geoffrey Underwood
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Newport, Isle of Wight
“For services to the Technology Industry.”
Sharon Todd
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London, Greater London
“For services to Innovation.”
Ian Ritchey
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
“For services to Engineering.”
Brian Mcconnell
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Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Engineering.”
Rashmi Mantri
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Mathematics Education.”
Myrtle Dawes
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Energy and Technology.”
John Boumphrey
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS and Healthcare Research and Innovation.”
Adikaari Adikaari
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to Research and Innovation to Tackle Climate Change.”
Katherine Smith
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Stourbridge, West Midlands
“For services to Brain Tumour Research and to Charity.”
Mark Bamforth
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
Benjamin Towers
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Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
Professor Rees
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Multi-Hazard Science and Disaster Risk Reduction.”
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009).
Published 14 June 2009.
Location (Bristol) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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