New Year Honours 2021
Valerie Gibson OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Science, Women in Science and to Public Engagement.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Science, Women in Science and to Public Engagement.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Valerie GIBSON
Professor of High Energy Physics, University of Cambridge
For services to Science, Women in Science and to Public Engagement.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Science, Women in Science and to Public Engagement.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 316 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 20% of the list.
In their area
61 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Cambridgeshire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Clive Smith
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Cannock, Staffordshire
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703524. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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