New Year Honours 2012
“Royal Society Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London. For services to Mathematics.”
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Royal Society Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London. For services to Mathematics.
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New Year Honours 2012- Role at the time
- mathematician
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- Middlesex
“Royal Society Professor of Mathematics, Imperial College London. For services to Mathematics.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 27 times in the New Year Honours List 2012 — about 3% of the list.
In their area
2 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Middlesex.
What organisation were they with?
mathematician, Imperial College London.
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
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2012
Andrew Witty
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Buckinghamshire
“Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to the Economy and to the UK Pharmaceutical Industry.”
Antonio Pappano
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Music Director, Royal Opera House. For services to Music.”
Charles Lamb Allen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.”
David Edward Reid
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“Lately Chairman, Tesco plc and Chairman, Kwik-Fit Group. For services to Business and to Charity.”
Dr John Gordon St Clair Buchanan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Chairman, Smith & Nephew plc. For services to Industry.”
Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Scientist, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology. For services to Molecular Biology.”
Geoffrey Hall
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Nottinghamshire
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, New College Nottingham. For services to Further Education.”
George Iacobescu
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“For services to Charity, Community and the Financial Services Industry.”
Gerald Acher
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“For charitable services.”
Herbert Douglas Ellis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
West Midlands
“For charitable services.”
John Alexander Armitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chair, Olympic Delivery Authority. For services to Engineering and Construction.”
Michael David Bear
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Lately Lord Mayor, City of London. For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London.”
Paul Ruddock
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Philanthropist. For services to the Arts.”
Peter Lytton Bazalgette
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“TV Producer. For services to Broadcasting.”
Professor Andre Konstantin Geim
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science.”
Professor Christopher Maxwell Snowden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Surrey
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Surrey. For services to Engineering and to Higher Education.”
Professor Diarmaid Ninian John Macculloch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Oxfordshire
“Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford. For services to Scholarship.”
Professor Geoffrey William Hill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Poet and Critic. For services to Literature.”
Professor John Gerald Patrick Sissons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Cambridgeshire
“Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. For services to Research and Education in Clinical Medicine.”
Professor Konstantin Novoselov
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Greater Manchester
“Professor of Physics, University of Manchester. For services to Science.”
Professor Mark Brian Pepys
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Professor of Medicine and Head of Medicine Division, University College London Medical School, Royal Free Hospital. For services to Biomedicine.”
Professor Robert Tony Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.”
Professor Stephen Robert Bloom
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
London
“Head, Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College London. For services to Medical Science.”
Robert Russell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2012
Essex
“For public service.”
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Peter Mambara
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Stanford Le Hope, Essex
“Head of Technical and Training for First Bus. For services to Public Transport and Transport Engineering”
Tina Patricia Barton
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Shaftesbury, Dorset
“Chief Operations Officer, Emerging Markets Quality Trials Ltd. For services to Science and to Trade”
Simeon John Yates
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“Professor of Digital Culture, University of Liverpool. For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Jian Zhang
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“Professor of Computer Animation, National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University. For services to Computer Animation Research, to Education and to Innovation in STEM”
Matthew Wilson
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“Chair, Blood Cancer UK. For services to Blood Cancer Awareness and Research”
Keith Chalmers-Watson
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“Life Member and lately Chair of World Pheasant Association. For services to Wild Bird Research and Conservation”
Claire Vincent
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Bangor, County Down
“Deputy Director Marine and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. For services to Marine Science and to Women in Science”
Ann Watson
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London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, Enginuity. For services to the Advancement of Skills in the Engineering and Manufacturing Sector”
Stephen Michael Smith
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Executive Director, CO2RE and Associate Professor of Greenhouse Gas Removal, University of Oxford. For services to Climate Science”
Martin John Rolles
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Clinical Oncologist, Swansea Bay University Health Board. For services to Healthcare Science and Cancer”
Peter Robertson
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Belfast, County Borough of Belfast
“Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland”
Professor Mykaell Riley
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Director for The Black Music Research Unit and Principal Investigator for Bass Culture Research, University of Westminster. For services to Research and Education around Black British Music”
Beena Puri
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“Digital Equity Senior Principal, Greater Manchester Combined Authority. For services to Digital Inclusion”
Ghulam Andre Ng
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“Head of Department, Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and President, British Cardiovascular Society. For services to Medical Research and Healthcare”
Ian Marson
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Digital Product Manager, Home Office. For services to Migration and Borders Technology”
James Markey
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Guildford, Surrey
“Founder, UNI SIM. For services to the Technology Sector”
Carolyn Heitmeyer
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Head of Social Sciences, Government Office for Science. For services to Social Science”
Jane Gate
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Thatcham, Berkshire
“Executive Director, The Association of Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations. For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem”
Maurice Geddis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dromore, County Down
“Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Avondale Foods Ltd and ENE Ltd. For services to Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland”
Jenny Barbara Ellis
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Founder, NextJenSecurity. For services to Cyber Policy”
Mark Edward Antony Downs
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Deal, Kent
“Lately Chief Executive, Royal Society for Biology. For services to Biology”
Nicola Collett
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
“Lately Partnership Development Manager, Leicester City School Sport Partnership. For services to School Sport and Physical Education and to the communities in Leicester City and Leicestershire”
Thomas Malcolm Calvert
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Belfast, County Down
“Senior Professional Technical Officer, Rivers Directorate, Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland Civil Service. For services to Flood Risk Management and Digital Transformation”
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Knight Bachelor · 2012
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2012). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2011.
Location (Middlesex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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