New Year Honours 2018
Philip Nelson CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Chief Executive Officer • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Chair
“For services to UK Engineering and Science.”
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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
30 December 2017
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 Philip Arthur NELSON
Chief Executive Officer, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Chair, Research Councils UK
For services to UK Engineering and Science.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62150 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Hampshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2018- Role at the time
- Chief Executive Officer, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Chair
- Region
- Hampshire
“For services to UK Engineering and Science.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 104 times in the New Year Honours List 2018 — about 7% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Chief Executive Officer, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2018
London Gazette (official record), issue 62150, notice 2937962. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2018).
Published 29 December 2017.
Location (Hampshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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