Birthday Honours 2013
Professor Nigel Richard SHADBOLT
Knight Bachelor
computer scientist
Organisation: University of Southampton
“Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton. For services to Science and Engineering.”
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Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton. For services to Science and Engineering.
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“Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton. For services to Science and Engineering.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 29 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
13 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Hampshire.
What organisation were they with?
computer scientist, University of Southampton.
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.
Honoured alongside them
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
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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