Birthday Honours 2014
Richard Rustom Kharsedji SORABJI, C.B.E.,
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Philosophical Scholarship.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2014
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Oxfordshire
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“For services to Philosophical Scholarship.”
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The Knight Bachelor was awarded 28 times in the Birthday Honours List 2014 — about 2% of the list.
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Philip Graham Dilley,
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Knight Bachelor · 2014
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2014).
Published 14 June 2014.
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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