Birthday Honours 2012
William Timothy Gowers
Knight Bachelor
• Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
“For services to Mathematics.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2012
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Cambridgeshire
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Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2012- Role at the time
- Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
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- Cambridgeshire
“For services to Mathematics.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 22 times in the Birthday Honours List 2012 — about 2% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2012
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Principal and Vice Chancellor
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“For services to Drama.”
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Gloucestershire
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“For services to Further Education and the Academy Movement.”
Peter Fahy
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Cheshire
“For services to Policing.”
Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe
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Surrey
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“For services to Scholarship.”
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“For services to Academic Medicine.”
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“For services to Education.”
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“For services to UK education internationally and UK/Spain cultural relations.”
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“For Public and Political Service.”
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London
Chief Executive
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“For services to Business and Philanthropy.”
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“For services to the Technology Industry.”
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Ian Ritchey
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John Boumphrey
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“For services to Technology, Consumer and Digital Commerce Industry.”
Timothy Orchard
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Katherine Smith
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Mark Bamforth
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Benjamin Towers
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Gillingham, Kent
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2012
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2012).
Published 16 June 2012.
Location (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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