Professor Stanley Wells CBE to be Knighted
The Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is set to receive a Knighthood after being named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Sir Professor Stanley Wells CBE, as he will now be known, gets the honour in recognition of his services to Shakespeare scholarship.
One of the world’s foremost Shakespearians, Professor Wells’ distinguished career with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust spans more than 40 years.
Professor Wells said: “I am delighted to receive this honour. I feel myself most fortunate in having been able to spend so much of my life in the company of Shakespeare and of those who admire and enjoy his works.
"Throughout my career as teacher and scholar I have enjoyed and benefitted enormously from collaborating with fellow scholars from all over the world, and I hope they will share my pleasure in receiving this award."
Also honoured are:
- John Murphy, who gets a British Empire Medal for services to the community in Barford, Sherbourne and Wasperton.
- Pauline Watts, from Alcester, who is Lead Nurse for Quality, Mental Health, Learning Disability and Dementia at Public Health England, gets an OBE for services to Nursing and Health Visiting.
- Patricia Walters, from Henley-in-Arden, formerly Head Teacher at Holte Visual and Performing Arts College in Birmingham is made a CBE for services to Education.
- David Lovell Burbidge, OBE, DL, of Wasperton, is also made a CBE for services to cultural philanthropy in the West Midlands.
- Lewis Benjamin, Assistant Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police gets Queen's Police Medal.
For a full report on read next week’s Herald.
