Birthday Honours 2021
Nigel Biggar CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Higher Education.”
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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
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Canon Professor Nigel John BIGGAR
Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, Oxford University
For services to Higher Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Higher Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
45 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Oxfordshire.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816735. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Oxford, Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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