Birthday Honours 2021
William Sutherland CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Conservation Biology
“For services to Evidence-based Conservation.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor William James SUTHERLAND
Miriam Rothschild Professor, Conservation Biology, University of Cambridge
For services to Evidence-based Conservation.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Conservation Biology
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“For services to Evidence-based Conservation.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 102 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 7% of the list.
In their area
10 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Suffolk.
What organisation were they with?
Conservation Biology.
How widely is this recognised?
1,438 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3817532. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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