New Year Honours 2012
Konstantin Novoselov of Physics
Knight Bachelor
• University of Manchester
“For services to Science.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2012
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Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- University of Manchester
“For services to Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 30 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
University of Manchester.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2012
Andre Konstantin Geim of Physics
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
“For services to Science.”
Andrew Witty
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Buckinghamshire
“Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to the Economy and to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry.”
Antonio Pappano
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Music Director, Royal Opera House. For services to Music.”
Brian Mellor Greenwood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
“For services to malaria research in Africa.”
Charles Lamb Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.”
David Edward Reid
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Essex
“Lately Chairman, Tesco plc and Chairman, Kwik-Fit Group. For services to Business and to Charity.”
Dr John Gordon St Clair Buchanan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Chairman, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to Industry.”
Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Scientist, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology. For services to Molecular Biology.”
Geoffrey Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Nottinghamshire
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham. For services to Further Education.”
George Iacobescu
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry.”
Gerald Acher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For charitable services.”
Herbert Douglas Ellis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
West Midlands
“For charitable services.”
John Alexander Armitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chair, Olympic Delivery Authority. For services to Engineering and Construction.”
Michael David Bear
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Lately Lord Mayor, City of London. For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London.”
Paul Ruddock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Philanthropist. For services to the Arts.”
Peter Lytton Bazalgette
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“TV Producer. For services to Broadcasting.”
Professor Andre Konstantin Geim
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science.”
Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey. For services to Engineering and to Higher Education.”
Professor Diarmaid Ninian John Macculloch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Oxfordshire
“Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship.”
Professor Geoffrey William Hill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Poet and Critic. For services to Literature.”
Professor John Gerald Patrick Sissons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine.”
Professor Konstantin Novoselov
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science.”
Professor Mark Brian Pepys
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Professor of Medicine and Head of Medicine Division, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital. For services to Biomedicine.”
Professor Robert Tony Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012).
Published 31 December 2011.
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