Birthday Honours 2018
Katherine Willis CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director of Science, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew and Professor of Biodiversity
“Director of Science, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew and Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford. For services to Biodiversity and Conservation.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director of Science, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew and Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford. For services to Biodiversity and Conservation.
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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
9 June 2018
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 Katherine Jane WILLIS
Director of Science, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew and Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford
For services to Biodiversity and to Conservation.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62310 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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