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Richard Koch 1902 – 1992 An Obituary of Richard Koch appeared in the Jewish Chronicle on 17th January 1997 A copy can be read by

 Franz Baermann Steiner (1909-1952) was born in Prague and died in Oxford.     He was a social anthropologist, polymath, essayist, aphorist, and poet. He was

The following Obituary appeared in the Jewish Chronicle of May 17th 2013 Prof. Vermes was appointed Reader in Jewish Studies in Oxford in 1965.  He

An Obituary of Miriam Kochan, by her son Nick, appeared in the Guardian Newspaper on 10th January 2018: A copy can be read by clicking here

The following obituary appeared in the Jewish Chronicle of 14th December 2012. Prof Shukman’s grave is in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford

Ludwig Guttman – Father of the Paralympics It was with great pride that we have learnt that Sir Ludwig Gutmann was a member of the

Archaeologist Paul Jacobsthal fled Nazi Germany in 1935 and came to Oxford with his wife during the Second World War. A leading world expert in

Adolf Neubauer, scholar, author, librarian and bibliographer, was one of the first Jews to gain an academic appointment at Oxford University. He is primarily remembered

In 1963 The Oxford Magazine published an article by Dr Cecil Roth commemorating the graduation of Sackville Davis, the first Jew to graduate from Oxford