New Year Honours 2021
Mark Brandon MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to Polar Science.”
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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
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Mark Alan BRANDON
Professor of Polar Oceanography, Open University
For services to Polar Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Polar Science.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703776. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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