Birthday Honours 2023
Peter Barnes
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Respiratory Science.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
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:
Professor Peter John BARNES F.R.S.
Professor of Thoracic Medicine, Imperial College London
For services to Respiratory Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Respiratory Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 19 times in the Birthday Honours List 2023 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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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Knight Bachelor · 2023
London Gazette (official record), issue 64082, notice 4377776. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2023).
Published 16 June 2023.
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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