The following Obituary appeared in the Jewish Chronicle of May 17th 2013
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Prof. Vermes was appointed Reader in Jewish Studies in Oxford in 1965. He was a Fellow of Iffley College (later to become Wolfson). He was a Governor of the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies.
A second, longer Obituary appeared in the JC on the 26th July 2013, and can be seen by clicking here
A longer Obituary appeared in the Oxford Times of 16th May 2013. His entry on Wikepedia can be seen by clicking here