Birthday Honours 2017
Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan GODFRAY
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Hope Professor of Zoology
Organisation: University of Oxford
“Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.”
Timeline
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Hope Professor of Entomology, University of Oxford. For services to Science.
View London Gazette noticeKnight Bachelor
Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Hugh Charles Jonathan GODFRAY C.B.E.
Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford
For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2011- Role at the time
- Hope Professor of Zoology
- Region
- Oxfordshire
“Hope Professor of Entomology, University of Oxford. For services to Science.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Hope Professor of Zoology
- Region
- Oxfordshire
“Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 17 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
35 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Oxfordshire.
What organisation were they with?
Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford.
How widely is this recognised?
1,920 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2010.
Knight Bachelor · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2803359. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 16 June 2017.
Location (Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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