Birthday Honours 2013
Mary Ratcliffe MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Visiting Professor • University of York
Organisation: University of York
“For services to Chemistry.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2013
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North Yorkshire
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Visiting Professor, University of York
- Region
- North Yorkshire
“For services to Chemistry.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 608 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 41% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Visiting Professor, University of York.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Edinburgh
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Cornwall
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Northumberland
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Warwickshire
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Glasgow
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London, Greater London
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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Bristol, City of Bristol
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
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John Boumphrey
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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Mark Bamforth
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“For services to UK Life Sciences and to UK/USA business relations.”
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Gillingham, Kent
“For services to the Startup Business Community, Excellence in Innovation and Enterprise.”
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
Location (North Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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