Sir John Anderson,

KBE KBE may refer to: * Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, post-nominal letters * Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is the application of knowledge-based systems technology to the domain o ...

, CB (12 March 1908 – 27 January 1965) was a Scottish civil servant. Educated at

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, he entered the civil service as an official in the

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in 1931. He was Deputy Secretary of the

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from 1953 to 1956, Secretary of the

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from 1956 to 1959, Secretary of the Scottish Home Department from 1959 to 1962 and then Secretary of the Scottish Home and Health Department from 1962 to 1963. From 1963 to his death in 1965, he was Chairman of the

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."Sir John Anderson", ''

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'' (London), 29 January 1965, p. 14. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, John 1908 births 1965 deaths Scottish civil servants Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath