Birthday Honours 2017
Katherine Blundell OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Astronomy and the Education of Young People.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Astronomy and the Education of Young People.
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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:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Katherine Mary BLUNDELL
Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford
For services to Astronomy and the Education of Young People.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Astronomy and the Education of Young People.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 259 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 18% of the list.
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“For political and public service.”
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“For services to Local Government.”
Alastair Storey
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“For services to the Hospitality Industry.”
Alexander Murray
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West Midlands
“For services to Evidence-based Policing.”
Alison Etheridge
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Science.”
Alison Inman
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Essex
“For services to Social Housing Tenants in Essex.”
Alison Parken
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Bristol
“For services to Equality and Diversity.”
Amanda Mordey
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West Midlands
“For services to Special Educational Needs and Disability.”
Andrea Brewster
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Somerset
“For services to Intellectual Property.”
Andrew Fane
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Suffolk
“For services to Heritage and charity.”
Andrew Massie
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Andrew Robinson
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Angela Paget
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Merseyside
“For services to Education.”
Ann Templeton
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London
“For services to Government and State Aid.”
Anna Richardson
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London
“For services to Drugs and Alcohol Evidence-based Policy.”
Anthony Lewis
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London
“For services to Financial Services.”
Anthony Stacey
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Housing.”
Antony Ross
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Cambridgeshire
“For services to Social Enterprise and Investment.”
Arvind Kapur
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Leicestershire
“For services to Science, Technology, Business and Enterprise.”
Ashley Tabor
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London
“For services to the Media Industry.”
Asif Haseeb
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Renfrewshire
“For services to Racial Equality, Health and Education in Scotland and Pakistan.”
Aubrey Adams
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Berkshire
“For services to the Arts.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804227. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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