SAHABDEEN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AWARD. The Award for 1996 has been jointly presented to Chandra Wickramasinghe and Chintamini Ramachandra of the University of Wales Cardiff in recognition of their achievements in the respective fields of astronomy and chemistry.
ROEHAMPTON INSTITUTE
Order of the British Empire: Margaret Spufford, research professor in social and local history, for services to social history and higher education for the disabled.