Topic
Humanities
20 people were recognised in the UK honours for Humanities.
Recognition over time
20 people recognised for Humanities from 2008 to 2025, shown by year and stacked by award category (the honours categories present in this data).
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Each bar counts people recognised for that topic on its own, not its sub-topics — so the Humanities bar (20) is those tagged Humanities directly, shown against its 1 sub-topic. The same person can appear in more than one.
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Recipients
People recognised for Humanities
20 people
2025 · 3
Julia Mary Black
PersonDame Commander Order Of The British Empire · 2025
London, Greater London
“President, The British Academy. For services to Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences”
Melissa Terras
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. For services to Digital Humanities”
Nandini Das
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Professor, Early Modern Literature and Culture and Tutorial Fellow, Exeter College, University of Oxford. For services to Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities and to Public Engagement”
2024 · 3
Shruti Kapila
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Professor of History and Politics, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. For services to Research in Humanities”
Alexandra Ellen Vincent
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
“Lately Chief Operating Officer, Arts and Humanities Research Council. For services to Research Funding”
Maurice Biriotti
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“Chief Executive Officer, SHM Productions and Professor of Applied Humanities, University College London. For services to Business, to Academia and to Philanthropy”
2019 · 2
Abigail Gregory
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2019
West Yorkshire
“Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University. For services to Exports.”
Dorothy Miell
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Edinburgh
“Vice-Principal and Head, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh. For services to Higher Education and Psychology.”
2014 · 2
John Bruce Glover
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Hertfordshire
“Head of Humanities and Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator, Knights Templar School, Baldock, Hertfordshire. For services to Education.”
David John Kemp
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2014
Herefordshire
“Music Teacher and Assistant Headteacher, Queen Elizabeth Humanities College, Herefordshire. For services to Education.”
2008 · 2
Professor Marina Sarah Warner
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London, London
“Writer. For services to Literature.”
Prof Wendy Davies
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Oxfordshire
“Professor of History and lately Pro-Provost-Europe, University College London. For services to Research in the Humanities and to Higher Education.”
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