Queen’s Birthday Honours | The Aperiodical

You're reading: Posts Tagged: Queen’s Birthday Honours

Particularly mathematical Birthday Honours 2021

By Peter Rowlett. Posted June 13, 2021

It’s that time of year when we take a look at the UK Government’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list for any particularly mathematical entries. Here our the selection for this year – any more, let us know in the comments and we’ll add to the list.

Professor Sir John Aston, Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life, University of Cambridge. Knighted for services to Statistics and Public Policymaking.
Professor Matt Keeling, Mathematics Institute and the School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick. Appointed OBE for services to SAGE during the Covid-19 Response.
Ellen Brooks Pollock, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health, Bristol Veterinary School. Appointed OBE for services to the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling and SAGE during the Covid-19 Response.
- Interview from 2015 with Ellen about her work in infectious disease modelling.
- Interview from 2021 with Ellen about her work on COVID-19.
Myer Glickman, Head of Epidemiology, Climate and Global Health, Office for National Statistics. Appointed OBE for services to Health Analysis.
Sarah Caul, Head of Mortality Analysis, Office for National Statistics. Appointed MBE for services to Health Statistics.

Get the full list here.

Particularly mathematical New Years Honours 2020

By Peter Rowlett. Posted December 31, 2019

It’s that time of year when we take a look at the UK Government’s New Years Honours list for any particularly mathematical entries. Here is the selection for this year – any more, let us know in the comments and we’ll add to the list.

Prof. Nick Woodhouse, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford. Appointed CBE for services to Mathematics.
Prof. Abdel Babiker, Professor of Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, UCL. Appointed OBE for services to medical research.
Agnes Johnstone, Head of Mathematics, Oban High School. Awarded BEM for services to STEM Education and the community in Oban.

Get the full list here.

Particularly mathematical Birthday Honours 2019

By Peter Rowlett. Posted June 8, 2019

With the announcement the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, it’s time for the latest in our ongoing Honours-watch series of posts. In this, we search arbitrarily for a few maths-related terms in the list, and hope our well-informed readers fill in the blanks where actual knowledge is required.

Sir Peter Donnelly, Chief Executive, Genomics plc and Professor of Statistical Science, University of Oxford. Knighted for services to the Understanding of Human Genetics in Disease.
Ken Brown, Professor of Mathematics, University of Glasgow. Appointed CBE for services to the Mathematical Sciences.
Sylvia Richardson, Director, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge. Appointed CBE for services to Medical Statistics.
Max Parmar, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology and Director, MRC Clinical Trials Unit, University College London. Appointed OBE for services to Medical Research and Clinical Trials.
Arnold Black, Historian and Statistician, Scottish Athletics. Appointed MBE for services to Athletics.
Elizabeth Buttigieg, Executive Officer, UK Statistics Authority. Appointed MBE services to Pensioners, Veterans and the community in Newport, Wales.
Duncan Lawson, Co-Director sigma, Coventry University. Appointed MBE for services to Mathematics in Higher Education.
Peter Ransom. Appointed MBE for voluntary service to Mathematics Education.
Lauren Shea. Awarded BEM for services to Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to Young People.
Jess Wade, Research Physicist, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London. Awarded BEM for services to Gender Diversity in Science.

Are there any others we’ve missed? Please add any of interest in the comments below. A full list may be obtained from the UK Government website.

Particularly mathematical Birthday Honours 2016

By Peter Rowlett and Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted June 11, 2016

With the announcement the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, it’s time for the latest in our ongoing Honours-watch series of posts. In this, we search arbitrarily for ‘mathematics’ in the PDFs of the various lists, and hope our well-informed readers fill in the blanks where actual knowledge is required.

Prof. Alice Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, King’s College, London, appointed OBE for services to Mathematics Education and Higher Education.
John Sidwell, volunteer, HMP Hewell appointed MBE for services to Prisoners through One to One Maths.
Danielle George, vice-dean for teaching and learning, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester, appointed MBE for services to engineering through public engagement.
Anthony Finkelstein, professor of software systems engineering, University College London and the Alan Turing Institute, for services to computer science and engineering.
Economist Angus Deaton, professor, Princeton University, Nobel laureate, for services to research in economics and international affairs.
Prof. Alan Thorpe, lately Director-General of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, appointed OBE for services to environmental science and research (thanks to Philip Browne on Twitter).
Prof. Nalini Joshi was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO); the citation is more involved than the UK ones and reads “for distinguished service to mathematical science and tertiary education as an academic, author and researcher, to professional societies, and as a role model and mentor of young mathematicians” (added in an update 16/06/16).

It’s also worth mentioning the new batch of Regius professorships, 12 posts created at universities around the UK to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday: Oxford University has been given a professorship in maths, but no appointment has been made yet.

Are there any others we’ve missed? Please add any of interest in the comments below. A full list may be obtained from the Cabinet Office website.

Particularly mathematical Birthday Honours 2014

By Peter Rowlett and Katie Steckles. Posted June 15, 2014

Particularly mathematical Birthday Honours 2013

By Peter Rowlett. Posted June 18, 2013

The Birthday Honours 2013 have been announced, and an extensive list has been posted on Wikipedia. The big name is Andrew Dilnot, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority and inaugural presenter of More or Less, who is knighted “for services to Economics and Economic Policy”. Apart from this, the list on Wikipedia contains one other mention of maths or stats that I spotted, John C. Butcher, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Auckland, was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to mathematics”. His website lists his research interests as “numerical methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations”.

That’s all that I can see, which doesn’t compare well with the nine particularly mathematical New Years Honours this year. Does anyone have any to add?

More information

UK Government Birthday Honours lists 2013.

New Zealand Birthday Honours lists 2013.

2013 Birthday Honours on Wikipedia.

Sir Tim Gowers

By Peter Rowlett. Posted June 17, 2012

The latest Queen’s Birthday Honours list has been released. The list includes, under “Knights Bachelor – Knighthoods”, “Professor William Timothy Gowers, FRS, Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge” for “services to Mathematics” and, under “Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)”, “Mrs Manju Tank, Maths Teacher, Taunton’s College, Southampton” for “services to Education”.

I trust readers will know Fields medallist Tim Gowers, perhaps via his well known blog. The Southern Daily Echo reports that Manju Tank “has dedicated 40 years of her life to helping Hampshire’s ethnic minorities access vital services” and that the MBE recognises “a career spanning four decades which has seen her help hundreds of city youngsters overcome language barriers”.

Sources:
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2012.
Queen honours unsung heroes across Hampshire in her Diamond Jubilee year.