New Year Honours 2008
Prof Stephen Byram FURBER CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organisation: University of Manchester
“ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, University of Manchester. For services to Computer Science.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, University of Manchester. For services to Computer Science.
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“ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, University of Manchester. For services to Computer Science.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the New Year Honours List 2008 — about 10% of the list.
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60 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater Manchester.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,920 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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Angela Mason
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London
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Ann Denise Hogbin
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Ann Judith Lloyd
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Gloucestershire
“Head of Health and Social Services Department and Chief Executive NHS Wales, Welsh Assembly Government.”
Anthony Gordon Douglas
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London
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Brendan Foster
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Bronwen Mary Curtis
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Northamptonshire
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Claire Ighodaro
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Surrey
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David John Still
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Northumberland
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David William Quysner
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East Sussex
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Dennis Godfrey
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Diana Babar
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London
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Dr Angela Isabella Agnes Lennox
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Dr Bill Kirkup
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Dr Brian Woods-Scawen
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Warwickshire
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Dr Charles Robert Saumarezsmith
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Dr Christine Braddock
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Manchester, Greater Manchester
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Ghulam Andre Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“Head of Department, Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and President, British Cardiovascular Society. For services to Medical Research and Healthcare”
Ian Marson
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London, Greater London
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James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
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Carolyn Heitmeyer
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London, Greater London
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Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
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Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
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Jenny Barbara Ellis
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Mark Edward Antony Downs
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Deal, Kent
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Nicola Collett
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2008). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2007.
Location (Greater Manchester) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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