Obituary: Sir Patrick Nairne, top civil servant who fought at El-Alamein

Sir Patrick Nairne MC

4:00pm Thursday 13th June 2013

SIR Patrick Nairne, one of the country’s leading post-war civil servants and former Master of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, has died aged 91.

Shotgun ‘Sheriff’ died in his beloved woodyard

From left, Jim Hester, his father Sid and uncle Reg in 1952

4:00pm Thursday 13th June 2013

RELATIVES of Jim Hester, nicknamed “The Sheriff”, have paid tribute to a great character.

A special teacher ‘of the highest integrity’

Mary Elizabeth Talbot ‘never lost her love and enthusiasm for children’

4:00pm Thursday 6th June 2013

A FORMER teacher at Wantage County Primary who “never lost her love and enthusiasm for children” has died, aged 85.

A passion for photographing the county

Donald Kerby enjoyed flying light aircraft

4:00pm Thursday 6th June 2013

A FAMILY has paid tribute to their husband, dad and granddad who died after a fall in the garden.

Obituary: Tony Day, parish vice-chair dedicated to village life

Obituary: Tony Day, parish vice-chair dedicated to village life

4:00pm Thursday 30th May 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to the “dedicated” vice-chairman of West Hanney Parish Council who has died at the age of 81.

Obituary: Desmond Walshaw, ozone layer expert

Obituary: Desmond Walshaw, ozone layer expert

4:00pm Thursday 30th May 2013

A PROMINENT expert on the ozone layer has died at the age of 87.

Prof Robin Nisbet, Latin scholar

Prof Robin Nisbet, Latin scholar

4:00pm Thursday 30th May 2013

AN INFLUENTIAL Latin scholar at Oxford’s Corpus Christi College has died at the age of 87.

Obituary, Prof Patrick Sandars, atomic physicist

Obituary, Prof Patrick Sandars, atomic physcist

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

PATRICK Sandars, a leading figure in atomic physics who could count the famous scientist and author Professor Stephen Hawking among his students, has died, aged 78.

Obituary: Dr Chris Scanlan, immunologist

Obituary: Dr Chris Scanlan, immunologist

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

OXFORD University scientist and former Liberal Democrat city councillor Dr Chris Scanlan has died from cancer, aged just 35.

Obituary: Penry Williams, New College don

Obituary: Penry Williams, New College don

4:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A HISTORIAN who has been credited with inspiring a generation of Oxford University undergraduates has died, aged 88.

Obituary: Malcolm Harper, generous father and human rights activist

Ann and Malcolm Harper

2:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A COMMUNITY man described as a “tireless human rights activist” has died at the age of 73.

Professor was greatest scholar of Jesus Christ

Professor Geza Vermes

2:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

PROFESSOR Geza Vermes, who survived the Holocaust to become the world’s greatest scholar of Jesus Christ, has died aged 88.

Obituary: Grahame Hopkins, shopkeeper who grew family business

Obituary: Grahame Hopkins, shopkeeper who grew family business

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

A COWLEY shopkeeper who ran a well-known business for more than 30 years has died at the age of 81.

Obituary: Sheila Cotton, Grove parish councillor

Obituary: Sheila Cotton, Grove parish councillor

4:00pm Thursday 9th May 2013

A COUNCILLOR who held the joint record for long service in Grove parish will be remembered at a memorial service on Saturday.

PETER MOND: GP who worked during the Blitz

Peter and Phyllis Mond

2:00pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

PETER Mond – who died after being struck by a car in Chipping Norton – was a respected GP whose life took him from the poverty of the East End to the battlefields of Europe and then idyllic retirement in West Oxfordshire.

Obituary: Rick Mather, a 'genius' architect who transformed Ashmolean

Obituary: Rick Mather, a 'genius' architect who transformed Ashmolean

4:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

RICK Mather, right, the architect responsible for transforming Oxford’s world famous Ashmolean Museum, has died aged 75 after a short illness.

Obituary: David Westbrook, psychologist who wrote on managing depression

Obituary: David Westbrook, psychologist who wrote on managing depression

4:00pm Thursday 25th April 2013

AN Oxford psychologist whose seminal work on depression drew worldwide acclaim has died in a car crash aged 62.

Obituary: Dr Alison Redmayne, expert on African tribal life

Dr Alison Redmayne pictured in 1989

4:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

AN OXFORD ethnographer who became an adopted member of an African royal family, has died at the age of 76.

Obituary: Dr Norman Lawrence, former GP at East Oxford Health Centre

Dr Norman Lawrence

4:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

DR Norman Lawrence, a former GP at East Oxford Health Centre, has died aged 88, after a short illness.

Obituary: Michael McKenna, driving force of plant hire firm and golf course

Michael McKenna drives into office as captain of Oxford City Golf Club in 1993

4:00pm Thursday 18th April 2013

THE golfer who built one of Oxfordshire’s best-known courses has died at the age of 74.



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