
New Year Honours 2015
Professor Heather Evelyn Joshi CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“Emeritus Professor, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. For services to Longitudinal and Women's Studies.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. For services to Longitudinal and Women's Studies.
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“Emeritus Professor, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. For services to Longitudinal and Women's Studies.”
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“Emeritus Professor, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. For services to Longitudinal and Women's Studies.”
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 131 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 9% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 1 January 2015.
Location (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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