Birthday Honours 2024
Michael Whittingham
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Chemistry.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Dr. Michael Stanley WHITTINGHAM
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Binghampton, New York, United States of America
For services to Chemistry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Knight Bachelor was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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Knight Bachelor · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644590. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
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