[14][15][16] He was also a major contributor to the 1999 book Cybernauts Awake,[17] which explored the ethical and spiritual implications of the Internet.

Following these efforts, in 2019 he was appointed chair of the newly founded UK National Centre for Computing Education.

[18] Peyton Jones has played a vital role in the development of new Microsoft Excel features since 2003, when he published a paper on user-defined functions.

Peyton Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to education and computer science.

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