
Birthday Honours 2013
Kenneth Archibald GIBSON
Knight Bachelor
“Executive Headteacher, Harton Technology College and Jarrow School, South Tyneside, and Academy 360, Sunderland”
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Knight Bachelor
Executive Headteacher, Harton Technology College and Jarrow School, South Tyneside, and Academy 360, Sunderland
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“Executive Headteacher, Harton Technology College and Jarrow School, South Tyneside, and Academy 360, Sunderland”
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The Knight Bachelor was awarded 29 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
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5 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Tyne and Wear.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2013
Andrew Charles Mayfield
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Berkshire
“Chair, John Lewis Partnership and Chair, UK Commission for Employment and Skills. For services to Business.”
Andrew William Dilnot
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Oxfordshire
“Chairman, UK Statistics Authority and Warden, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. For services to Economics and Economic Policy.”
Anish Mikhail Kapoor
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Sculptor. For services to Visual Arts.”
Anthony Michael Vaughan Salz
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For voluntary service to Young People and Public Life.”
Anthony Robinson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“For public and political service.”
Brendan Barber
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Lately General Secretary, Trades Union Congress. For services to Employment Relations.”
David Anthony Carter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Gloucestershire
“Executive Principal, Cabot Learning Federation. For services to Education.”
David Richard Alexander Scott
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Chief Executive, Digital UK. For services to Digital Switchover.”
Dr Andrew James Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Chair, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. For services to Public Health.”
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Member of Parliament for Gainsborough and lately Chair, Public Accounts Committee. For public and political service.”
Gregory Michael Gerard Martin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
East Sussex
“Executive Head, Durand Academy, London Borough of Lambeth. For services to Education.”
Howard Hugh Panter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Surrey
“Co-Founder, Joint Chief Executive and Creative Director, Ambassador Theatre Group. For services to Theatre.”
John Robert Hills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics. For services to Social Policy Development.”
Jonathan Edward Harland Mills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Edinburgh
“Director and Chief Executive, Edinburgh International Festival. For services to Culture.”
Michael Hintze
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Philanthropist. For services to the Arts.”
Nigel Bogle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Co-Founder and Group Chairman, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. For services to the Advertising Industry.”
Professor Christopher Antoniou Pissarides
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“School Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Economics.”
Professor David Harry Metcalf
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Chair, Migration Advisory Committee, London. For services to UK Migration Policy.”
Professor Eric Jackson Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol and President, Universities UK. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Malcolm John Grant
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“President and Provost, University College London. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Michael Rudolf Stratton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Director, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. For services to Medical Science.”
Professor Nigel Richard Shadbolt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Hampshire
“Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton. For services to Science and Engineering.”
Professor Peng Tee Khaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
London
“Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL, London. For services to Ophthalmology.”
Professor Stephen Patrick O'Rahilly
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2013
Cambridgeshire
“Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge. For services to Medical Research.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Location (Tyne and Wear) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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