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Professor was greatest scholar of Jesus Christ

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.

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Generous dad and activist

2:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A COMMUNITY man described as a “tireless human rights activist” has died at the age of 73. Malcolm Charles Harper from Charlbury died at the Churchill Hospital in Headington on May 16 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. He was being treated for the blood cancer lymphoma.

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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.

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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.

PETER MOND: GP who worked during the Blitz

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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Obituary: Dr Alison Redmayne, expert on African tribal life

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.

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

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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Obituary: The Rev John Stanton, priest and teacher

4:00pm Thursday 11th April 2013

A VICAR and former teacher has died at the age of 94.

Obituary: Jean Floud, author of key study of social class and education

4:00pm Thursday 11th April 2013

A SOCIOLOGIST who demonstrated the power of class in shaping educational achievement has died aged 97.

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Master craftsman

12:00pm Thursday 4th April 2013

George Prescott, a stonemason who worked on many historic buildings in Oxford, has died aged 91.

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Kenneth Lansbury: A passion for cycling

4:10pm Thursday 28th March 2013

THE former proprietor of a well-known Oxford bicycle shop has died at the age of 92.

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Medibike rider Eddie Webb ‘always had a smile’

3:00pm Thursday 21st March 2013

PARAMEDIC Edwin “Eddie” Webb, who spearheaded a campaign with the Oxford Mail for a rapid response medibike, has died aged 51.

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Teacher was pioneer of pupil trips abroad

3:00pm Thursday 21st March 2013

DENIS McCulloch, an Oxford teacher who helped pioneer school residential trips abroad, has died aged 94.

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Hector Catling: A life dedicated to the archaeology of Cyprus

4:00pm Thursday 14th March 2013

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST and former staff member of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has died at the age of 88.

Basil Benson: Long career as a headteacher

4:00pm Thursday 14th March 2013

A FORMER headteacher in West Oxfordshire has died at the age of 80.

Johnny Marchant: A hero who helped set Europe ablaze

4:00pm Thursday 7th March 2013

A FORMER secret agent who won the Croix de Guerre for his part in secret wartime missions in France has died at a Carterton care home. He was 92.