New Year Honours 2016
Peter Morris CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Science and Medicine.”
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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 2015
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:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Peter Gordon MORRIS
Professor of Physics and Head of Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham
For services to Science and Medicine.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Nottinghamshire
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“For services to Science and Medicine.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 8% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454047. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2016).
Published 31 December 2015.
Location (Nottinghamshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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