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Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 1

Births

1809 – William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (Christ Church), politician
1921 – Seretse Khama (Balliol), President of Botswana 1966–80
1952 – John Irving Bell (Magdalen), Regius Professor of Medicine since 2002
1953 – Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (Christ Church), aristocrat and film-maker

Deaths

1777 – Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (Queen's), politician and landowner
1799 – James Eyre (St John's), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1793–99
1860 – Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
1935 – Bill Evans (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
2006 – Michael Barton, cricketer

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 2

Births

1695 – Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet (New College), politician
1865 – Herbert Wild (Exeter), Bishop of Newcastle 1915–27
1893 – Francis Simon (Christ Church), physicist who worked on Uranium-235
1903 – Olav V of Norway (Balliol), King of Norway 1957–91
1913 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff (Corpus Christi, Nuffield and All Souls), historian
1916 – Alec Hill (Balliol), Australian military historian
1939 – Ferdinand Mount (Christ Church), writer
1942 – John Eekelaar (Pembroke), legal scholar

Deaths

1621 – Thomas Harriot (St Mary Hall), astronomer and mathematician
1850 – Robert Peel (Christ Church), twice British Prime Minister
1972 – Joseph Fison (Queen's and Wycliffe Hall), Bishop of Salisbury 1963–73
2008 – Glencairn Balfour Paul (Magdalen), diplomat

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 3

Births

1805 – James Stuart-Wortley (Christ Church), Solicitor General for England and Wales 1856–57
1832 – Lewis Cave (Lincoln), High Court judge
1861 – Michael Sadler (Trinity, Christ Church and University), historian and Master of University College 1923–34
1941 – Geoffrey Thomas (Linacre and Kellogg), first President of Kellogg College and Director of the Department for Continuing Education
1942 – Neil Gerrard (Wadham), Labour politician
1958 – Siân Lloyd (Jesus), television weather presenter

Deaths

1795 – Lord Henry Spencer (Christ Church), politician and diplomat
1974 – Nicholas Bodington (Lincoln), Special Operations Executive officer
1974 – John Crowe Ransom (Christ Church), American poet and writer
2003 – Anthony McCowan (Brasenose), High Court judge
2006 – Joseph Goguen (St Anne's), computer science academic
2007 – Anne Dreydel (St Anne's), founder of St Clare's International School in Oxford

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 4

Births

1653 – Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet (Merton), politician
1756 – John Evans (Jesus), surgeon and cartographer
1892 – Aylmer Vallance (Balliol), newspaper editor
1893 – Norman Manley (Jesus), Chief Minister of Jamaica 1955–62
1905 – John Playfair Price (New College), diplomat
1910 – Arthur Larson (Pembroke), Director of the United States Information Agency 1956–57
1918 – Woodrow Wyatt (Worcester), politician and writer
1920 – Anthony Barber (Oriel), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970–74
1943 – Adam Hart-Davis (Merton), science and history broadcaster
1944 – Adam Curle (New College), peace studies academic
1945 – Ben Pimlott (Worcester), historian and political biographer
1952 – Álvaro Uribe (St Antony's), President of Colombia since 2002

Deaths

1744 – Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane (Wadham), politician and landowner
1774 – William Price (Jesus), antiquarian
1891 – William Henry Gladstone (Christ Church), politician and son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
1967 – Henry Wells (Magdalen), Olympic gold medal winner in rowing and County Court judge
1971 – Maurice Bowra (New College and Wadham), classical scholar and Warden of Wadham 1938–70
1997 – John Zachary Young (Magdalen), zoologist and neurophysiologist

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 5

Births

1843 – Mandell Creighton (Merton), Bishop of London 1897–1901
1853 – Cecil Rhodes (Oriel), politician, businessman and founder of the Rhodes Scholarships
1876 – Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet (Balliol and All Souls), Conservative politician
1883 – Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian
1884 – Mary Ada Pickford Lady Margaret Hall, politician and industrialist
1893 – Harry Hemley Plaskett, Savilian Professor of Astronomy 1932–60
1904 – Harold Acton (Christ Church), writer and dilettante
1904 – Hugh Ashdown (Keble), Bishop of Newcastle 1957–73
1909 – Douglas Dodds-Parker (Magdalen), Special Operations Executive operative and Conservative politician
1935 – Fergus Millar (Trinity and All Souls), Camden Professor of Ancient History 1984–2002
1936 – Valerie Flint (Lady Margaret Hall), medieval historian
1956 – Vir Sanghvi (Brasenose), Indian journalist
1966 – Jim Himes, American politician

Deaths

1643 – Bevil Grenville (Exeter), Royalist soldier in the English Civil War and politician
1663 – Samuel Newman (Trinity), clergyman and author of a popular concordance of the Bible
1990 – Edith Bülbring, Professor of Pharmacology 1967–71
2004 – Robert Burchfield (Magdalen), New Zealand lexicographer
2009 – Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker (New College), Conservative politician

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 6

Births

1742 – James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury (Christ Church), politician
1858 – John A. Hobson (Lincoln), economist
1895 – Herbert Hopkins, cricketer
1907 – George Stanley (Keble), designer of the Canadian flag
1910 – A. G. Dickens (Magdalen), historian
1923 – David Hawkes (All Souls), Professor of Chinese 1959–71
1938 – John Caldwell (Keble and Jesus), musicologist and composer
1946 – Peter Singer (University), Australian philosopher
1950 – Jonathon Porritt (Magdalen), environmentalist
1962 – Andrew Martin, novelist and journalist

Deaths

1535 – Thomas More (Canterbury College), Lord Chancellor 1529–32, later venerated as a saint
1815 – Samuel Whitbread (Christ Church), politician
1882 – William George Ward (Christ Church and Lincoln), Catholic theologian
1885 – George Moberly (Balliol), Bishop of Salisbury 1869–85
1937 – Albert Handcock, 5th Baron Castlemaine (Christ Church), Irish peer and landowner
1957 – Alfred Averill (St John's), Archbishop of New Zealand 1925–40
1992 – Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (Christ Church), member of the Guinness family and novelist
2004 – Peter Birks (All Souls), Regius Professor of Civil Law 1989–2004

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 7

Births

1929 – Kwesi Dickson (Mansfield), Ghanaian Methodist priest and theologian
1939 – Erika Cheetham (St Anne's), medieval scholar
1945 – Michael Ancram (Christ Church), Conservative politician
1961 – David Faber (Balliol), Conservative politician and schoolmaster
1965 – Zoë Heller (St Anne's), novelist

Deaths

1713 – Henry Compton (Queen's), Bishop of London 1675–1713
1764 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (Christ Church), politician, sometimes said to have been Prime Minister for two days
1881 – Claude Wilson (Exeter), footballer who played for Oxford University A.F.C. in the 1880 FA Cup Final and twice for the England team
1948 – Edward Lisle Strutt (Christ Church), soldier and mountaineer
2007 – Ion Calvocoressi (Magdalen), army officer and stockbroker
2007 – Donald Michie (Balliol), researcher in artificial intelligence
2007 – Michael Spurway (Christ Church), cricketer and civil servant

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 8

Births

1752 – Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley (Christ Church), diplomat
1851 – Arthur Evans (Brasenose), archeologist
1888 – Henry Brougham, Olympic medal winner in rackets
1895 – Sir Gordon Touche, 1st Baronet (University), barrister and politician
1924 – Elaine Kellett-Bowman (St Anne's), Conservative politician
1926 – Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar (Balliol), Conservative politician
1932 – Brian Walden (Queen's and Nuffield), Labour politician and journalist
1964 – Graham Steele (St Edmund Hall), Canadian politician
1966 – Guto Harri (Queen's), former Communications Director for the Mayor of London

Deaths

1716 – Robert South (Christ Church), clergyman
1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley (University), poet
1858 – Lennox Williams (St John's), Bishop of Quebec 1915–35
1881 – Henry Octavius Coxe (Worcester), Bodley's Librarian 1860–81
1900 – John Baird (Christ Church), Scottish politician
1904 – William Thomas Charley (St John's), politician and judge at the Old Bailey
1933 – Anthony Hope (Balliol), author of The Prisoner of Zenda
1935 – Guy Nickalls (Magdalen), Olympic gold medal winner in rowing
1944 – Thomas Strong (Christ Church), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford 1913–17 and Bishop of Oxford 1925–37
1957 – Henry Grattan Nolan, Canadian lawyer
1997 – Allen Winter (University), Bishop of St Arnaud 1951–73
2002 – Patrick Rodger (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1978–86
2004 – Mike Woodin (Wolfson and Balliol), Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales 1997–2001
2008 – John Templeton (Balliol), stock market investor and philanthropist, commemorated in the name of Green Templeton College

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 9

Births

1775 – Matthew Lewis (Christ Church), novelist and dramatist
1790 – Sir John Taylor Coleridge (Corpus Christi and Exeter), judge
1799 – Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (Christ Church), politician and Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1853 – Tetley Gant (St John's), Australian barrister and politician
1866 – Sir Arthur Colefax (Merton and Christ Church), lawyer and politician
1877 – William Keble Martin (Christ Church), priest and botanist
1869 – Sir Milne Cheetham (Christ Church), diplomat
1895 – Leslie Boyce (Balliol), Australian politician
1902 – Peter Acland (Christ Church), soldier
1927 – Richard N. Gardner, American diplomat and law professor
1937 – Sir Brian Harrison (Corpus Christi), historian
1912 – D. G. Champernowne, economist and mathematician
1916 – Sir Edward Heath (Balliol, Oxford), British Prime Minister 1970–74
1918 – John Heath-Stubbs (Queen's), poet
1933 – Oliver Sacks (Queen's), neurologist and writer
1940 – David B. Frohnmayer, Oregon Attorney General 1981–91
1947 – Patrick Wormald (Balliol, All Souls and Christ Church), historian
1949 – Roz Kaveney (Pembroke), writer and editor
1963 – John Mark Ainsley (Magdalen), tenor
1963 – Adrian Flook (Mansfield), Conservative politician
1974 – Siân Berry (Trinity), Green Party politician

Deaths

1563 – Richard Smyth (Merton, St Alban Hall and Magdalen), Registrar of the University of Oxford and first Regius Professor of Divinity
1912 – Edmund Hegan Kennard, politician
1943 – Sir George Sitwell (Christ Church), writer and politician
1961 – Sir John Crowder (Christ Church), soldier and politician
1968 – Sir Alexander Cadogan (Balliol), civil servant
1974 – Sir Harry Brittain (Worcester), journalist and politician
2010 – Sir Marrack Goulding (Magdalen), Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations 1986–97

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 10

Births

1792 – John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare (Christ Church), Governor of Bombay 1831–35
1875 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley (Merton), novelist and inventor of the clerihew
1887 – Henry Vodden (Exeter), Bishop of Hull 1934–57
1910 – Thomas C. Mendenhall (Balliol), American historian and rower
1920 – David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock (Balliol), soldier and clan chief
1951 – Judy Mallaber (St Anne's), Labour politician
1953 – Richard Lancelyn Green (University), Sherlock Holmes scholar
1955 – Robert P. George, American legal philosopher
1978 – Soweto Kinch (Hertford), jazz saxophonist

Deaths

1615 – Henry Neville (Merton), courtier and diplomat
1686 – John Fell (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1676–86
1893 – Henry Nettleship (Corpus Christi and Lincoln), classical scholar
1905 – Montagu Burrows (Magdalen Hall and All Souls), Chichele Professor of Modern History 1862–1905
1916 – Robert Bickersteth (Corpus Christi), Liberal politician
1916 – Foster Cunliffe (New College and All Souls), cricketer and historian
1916 – Denys Dobson, English rugby international
1965 – Leslie Wormwald (Magdalen), Olympic rower
2010 – John Coates (Queen's), naval architect

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 11

Births

1603 – Sir Kenelm Digby (Gloucester Hall), courtier and diplomat
1775 – Joseph Blanco White, Spanish theologian and poet
1811 – Sir William Robert Grove (Brasenose), judge and scientist
1851 – Trehawke Kekewich (Christ Church), barrister and judge
1900 – Charles Henderson (New College and Corpus Christi), historian of Cornwall
1901 – Sir John Rothenstein (Worcester), arts administrator and art historian
1903 – David Talbot Rice (Christ Church), art historian
1913 – Kofi Abrefa Busia (University), Prime Minister of Ghana 1969–72
1934 – Toby Jessel (Balliol), Conservative politician
1943 – Peter Jensen, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney since 2001
1947 – Sir Drummond Bone (Balliol), English literature academic and Master of Balliol since 2011
1950 – J. R. Morgan (Lincoln), classical scholar
1956 – Amitav Ghosh (St Edmund Hall), Bengali Indian writer
1958 – Barry Nalebuff, American business studies academic

Deaths

1852 – David Barttelot (Corpus Christi), cricketer
1916 – Thomas Herbert Robertson (Magdalen), barrister and politician
1941 – Arthur Evans (Brasenose), archeologist
2000 – Robert Runcie (Brasenose), Archbishop of Canterbury 1980–91

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 12

Births

1683 – John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (Magdalen), Anglo-Irish politician
1849 – William Osler (Christ Church), Regius Professor of Medicine 1905–19
1875 – Walter Carey (Hertford), rugby international and Bishop of Bloemfontein 1921–35
1885 – George Butterworth (Trinity), composer
1894 – Llewelyn Hughes (Jesus), Dean of Ripon 1951–67
1904 – Edward Max Nicholson (Hertford), ornithologist and co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund
1909 – Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (Christ Church), politician and newspaper proprietor
1913 – Philip Mayer Kaiser (Balliol), American diplomat
1941 – John Lahr (Worcester), drama critic for The New Yorker
1955 – Timothy Garton Ash (Exeter and St Antony's), historian
1967 – Richard Herring (St Catherine's), comedian
1971 – Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild (Wadham), financier

Deaths

1712 – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector 1658–59 and Chancellor of the University 1657–60
1890 – David Pugh (Balliol), Welsh landowner and Liberal politician
1926 – Gertrude Bell (Lady Margaret Hall), writer and archeologist
1927 – David Williams (Jesus), Calvinistic Methodist minister and theologian
1932 – Gerard Baldwin Brown (Oriel and Brasenose), art historian
1994 – James Joll (New College and St Antony's), historian
2009 – Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland (Queen's), Conservative politician

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 13

Births

1747 – Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Baronet (Christ Church), lawyer and politician
1854 – Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (Christ Church), First Lord of the Admiralty 1919–21
1900 – Lionel Hedges, Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1919
1920 – Dick Franks (Queen's), Head ("C") of the Secret Intelligence Service 1979–82
1931 – Philip Jones (Jesus), civil servant and businessman
1935 – R. T. Kendall (Regent's Park), American preacher and writer
1953 – Jonathan Baume (Keble), trade unionist
1958 – James M. Poterba, American economist
1960 – Simon Halliday, cricketer and England rugby international

Deaths

1734 – Ellis Wynne (Jesus), Welsh clergyman and writer
1755 – James Davis (Jesus), Welsh physician and satirist
1762 – James Bradley (Balliol), Astronomer Royal 1742–62
1837 – Charles Stewart (Corpus Christi and All Souls), Bishop of Quebec 1826–37
1966 – Eric Macfadyen (Wadham), colonial administrator
1968 – R. J. Yeatman (Oriel), co-author of 1066 and All That
1980 – Seretse Khama (Balliol), President of Botswana 1966–80
2007 – Paul Bohannan (Queen's), American anthropologist
2008 – Peter Durack (Lincoln), Attorney-General of Australia 1977–83

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 14

Births

1721 – John Douglas (Balliol), Bishop of Salisbury 1791–1807
1794 – John Gibson Lockhart (Balliol), biographer of Sir Walter Scott
1846 – Walter Lock (Corpus Christi, Magdalen and Keble), Warden of Keble 1897–1920
1848 – Bernard Bosanquet (Balliol and University), philosopher
1868 – Gertrude Bell (Lady Margaret Hall), writer and archeologist
1875 – Harold Davidson (Exeter), priest known as "the Prostitutes' Padre"
1909 – Arthur Irvine (Oriel), Solicitor General for England and Wales 1967–70
1917 – Bryan Ranft (Balliol), naval historian
1928 – William Rees-Mogg (Balliol), journalist
1938 – Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (Balliol), Conservative politician

Deaths

1575 – Richard Taverner (Christ Church, Oxford), Bible translator
1929 – Walter Baldwin Spencer (Exeter), biologist and anthropologist
1996 – David Garnsey (New College), Bishop of Gippsland 1959–74
2005 – Cicely Saunders (St Anne's), nurse and hospice founder

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 15

Births

1656 – Gerard Langbaine (University), biographer and critic
1812 – James Hope-Scott (Christ Church), barrister and Tractarian
1854 – John Bain, footballer who played for Oxford in the 1877 FA Cup Final and for the England team
1886 – J. Griffyth Fairfax (New College), poet and politician
1888 – Robert Bourne (New College), Olympic rower and politician
1897 – R. J. Yeatman (Oriel), co-author of 1066 and All That
1901 – R. C. Robertson-Glasgow, cricketer and cricket writer
1902 – Donald Creighton (Balliol), Canadian historian
1906 – Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies (Exeter), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1974–81
1914 – Gavin Maxwell (Hertford), naturalist and author of Ring of Bright Water
1917 – Robert Conquest (Magdalen), historian of the Soviet Union
1919 – Iris Murdoch (Somerville and St Anne's), author
1922 – George Chesterton, cricketer
1929 – John Jolliffe (Nuffield), Bodley's Librarian 1982–85
1939 – Peter Hacker (Queen's, St Antony's, Balliol and St John's), philosopher
1955 – Fiona Hall (St Hugh's), Liberal Democrat politician
1963 – Paul Brough (Magdalen), conductor
1965 – David Miliband (Corpus Christi), Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2007–10

Deaths

1743 – John Wynne (Jesus), Principal of Jesus 1712–20, Bishop of Bath and Wells 1727–43
1776 – Sir Richard Bampfylde, 4th Baronet New College), politician
1929 – Hugh Edward Hoare (Balliol), brewer and Liberal politician
1939 – Percy Worthington (Corpus Christi), architect
1969 – Leonard Hodgson (Hertford and Christ Church), Regius Professor of Divinity 1944–58
1966 – Francis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (Christ Church), Liberal politician
2005 – David Daiches (Balliol), Scottish literary historian and critic
2007 – Alberto Romão Dias, Portuguese chemist
2009 – Brian Goodwin, Canadian mathematician

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 16

Births

1842 – Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet (Christ Church), barrister and politician
1860 – Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist
1931 – Fergus Gordon Kerr (Blackfriars), Catholic theologian and Regent of Blackfriars 1998–2004
1979 – Douglas Murray (Magdalen), journalist and political writer

Deaths

1736 – Thomas Yalden (Magdalen Hall and Magdalen College), poet and translator
1763 – William Morgan (Christ Church), Welsh politician
1796 – William Gerard Hamilton (Oriel), politician
1834 – Michael Angelo Taylor (Corpus Christi), barrister and politician
1953 – Hilaire Belloc (Balliol), Anglo-French writer and historian
1968 – Norman Robertson, Canadian diplomat
1995 – Stephen Spender (University), poet
1999 – Barri Jones (Jesus), classicist and archaeologist

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 17

Births

1555 – Richard Carew (Christ Church), translator and antiquary
1909 – Arthur Geoffrey Walker (Balliol and Merton), mathematician
1910 – James Coyne, Governor of the Bank of Canada 1955–61
1917 – G. B. Caird (Mansfield and Queen's), Principal of Mansfield 1970–77 and Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture 1977–84
1924 – John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton (New College), agriculturist
1942 – Peter Sissons (University), television news journalist
1943 – Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israeli politician and diplomat
1951 – Andrew Robathan (Oriel), Conservative politician
1958 – Nick Newman, cartoonist and comedy sketchwriter
1971 – Josh Frydenberg (University), Australian banker and politician

Deaths

1304 – Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer, English baron
1685 – John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (Exeter), Lord President of the Council 1679–84
1790 – Adam Smith (Balliol), Scottish political economist
1907 – William Gunion Rutherford (Balliol and University), classical scholar and headmaster
1933 – Charles Carmichael Lacaita (Balliol), botanist and politician
1965 – Walter Evans-Wentz (Jesus), American anthropologist
1979 – Edward Akufo-Addo (St Peter's), President of Ghana 1970–72
2005 – Gavin Lambert (Magdalen), novelist and screenwriter
2009 – Leszek Kołakowski (All Souls), Polish philosopher and historian of ideas

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 18

Births

1635 – Robert Hooke (Wadham), scientist
1811 – James Bateman (Lincoln and Magdalen), horticulturist
1872 – John Lawrence Hammond (St John's), journalist
1938 – Lorna Casselton, former Professor of Fungal Genetics
1965 – Steve Webb (Hertford), Liberal Democrat politician

Deaths

1691 – Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet (Christ Church), politician
1862 – Lord John Beresford (Christ Church), Archbishop of Armagh 1822–62
1867 – Edwyn Burnaby (Christ Church), landowner
1881 – Arthur Stanley (Balliol and Christ Church), Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History 1856–63 and Dean of Westminster 1864–81
1952 – Hugh Cairns (Balliol), neurosurgeon
1973 – Albert Napier (New College), Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department 1944–54
1976 – Jenkin Alban Davies (Jesus), Welsh international rugby union player
2004 – Paul Foot (University), investigative journalist
2007 – Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle (Christ Church), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1998–2006

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 19

Births

1850 – Cuthbert Ottaway (Brasenose), first captain of the England national football team
1888 – Fabian S. Woodley (University), soldier and poet
1899 – John Nicolson, cricketer
1923 – Theo Barker (Jesus), social and economic historian
1925 – John Dossetor, Canadian physician and bioethicist
1936 – Henry Brooke (Balliol), Lord Justice of Appeal 1996–2006
1937 – Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay (Christ Church), Conservative politician and Scottish clan chief
1938 – Dom Moraes (Jesus), Goan poet
1946 – Susan Moller Okin, New Zealand political philosopher
1956 – Jotun Hein (University), Professor of Bioinformatics
1967 – Rageh Omaar (New College), television news journalist

Deaths

1721 – Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet (Christ Church), Bishop of Winchester 1707–21
1742 – William Somervile (New College), poet
1873 – Samuel Wilberforce (Oriel), Bishop of Oxford 1845–69 and Bishop of Winchester 1869–73
1876 – Percy Burrell (Christ Church), politician
1928 – C. H. B. Marsham, cricketer
1930 – Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden (Christ Church), Liberal politician
1960 – Humphrey Gilbert, cricketer
1984 – John Vaizey, Baron Vaizey (Worcester), economist
1999 – Gordon Roe (Jesus), Bishop of Huntingdon 1980–97
2000 – Philip Jones (Jesus), civil servant and businessman

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 20

Births

1901 – Dilys Powell (Somerville), journalist and film critic
1910 – Veronica Wedgwood (Lady Margaret Hall), historian
1935 – Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo (Worcester), property developer and art collector
1953 – Thomas Friedman (St Antony's), American journalist

Deaths

1712 – Jonathan Edwards (Christ Church and Jesus), Principal of Jesus 1686–1712
1873 – Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (Wadham), Lord Chancellor 1861–1865
1912 – Andrew Lang (Balliol and Merton), writer and anthropologist
1960 – James Brontë Gatenby (Jesus and Magdalen), zoologist
1977 – Grenfell Price (Magdalen), Australian geographer and historian
1982 – Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet
2006 – Frank Nabarro (New College), South African physicist

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 21

Births

1870 – William Brain, cricketer
1888 – Hector Hetherington (Merton), Scottish philosopher and Principal of the University of Glasgow 1936–61
1944 – Alexander Pollock (Brasenose), Scottish Conservative politician
1945 – Wendy Cope (St Hilda's), poet
1955 – Andrew Gray, anthropologist
1962 – Hugh Possingham (St John's), Australian mathematical ecologist

Deaths

1688 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Chancellor of the University 1669–88
1747 – Robert Clavering (Lincoln, University and Christ Church), Bishop of Peterborough 1728–47
1906 – John Gott (Brasenose), Bishop of Truro 1891–1906
1969 – David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins (Balliol), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs (University), British Ambassador to Ireland, killed by the IRA

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 22

Births

1621 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (Exeter), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1661–72
1737 – Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (Christ Church), diplomat
1830 – Richard Copley Christie (Lincoln), lawyer and university academic
1844 – William Archibald Spooner (New College), Warden of New College 1903–24 and creator of the "Spoonerism"
1849 – Frederick Maddison (Brasenose), England international footballer
1869 – Walter Gilliat, England international footballer
1902 – Lorne MacLaine Campbell (Merton), winner of the Victoria Cross
1926 – J. I. Packer (Corpus Christi), Canadian theologian
1932 – Thomas Skidmore, American historian of Brazil
1930 – Neil Smelser, American sociologist
1950 – Susan Kramer (St Hilda's), Liberal Democrat politician
1976 – Alexander Fiske-Harrison, actor, writer and bullfighter
1981 – Robin Bourne-Taylor (Christ Church), international rower

Deaths

1581 – Richard Cox (Cardinal College and Christ Church), Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1547–52 and Bishop of Ely 1559–81
1813 – George Shaw (Magdalen Hall), botanist and zoologist
1871 – Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
1932 – J. Meade Falkner (Hertford), novelist and poet
1937 – A. G. Edwards (Jesus), Archbishop of Wales 1920–34
1945 – George Hogg (Wadham), adventurer
1970 – Leonard Wilson (Queen's and Wycliffe Hall), Bishop of Birmingham 1953–69
1981 – John Le Patourel (Jesus), historian

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 23

Births

1738 – John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick (Christ Church), politician
1788 – Prideaux John Selby (University), ornithologist and botanist
1812 – David Charles (Jesus), Welsh minister and educationalist
1877 – Geoffrey Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge (Trinity College), descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and controller of his archive
1902 – Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill (Balliol), Labour politician
1913 – Michael Foot (Wadham), Leader of the Labour Party 1980–83
1914 – Leonard James Hooper (Worcester), Director of GCHQ 1965–73
1921 – Malachi Martin, Catholic theologian
1923 – Donald Nicholl (Balliol), historian and theologian
1924 – Gavin Lambert (Magdalen), novelist and screenwriter
1942 – Christopher Makins, 2nd Baron Sherfield (New College and All Souls), diplomat
1948 – Michael Wood (Oriel), historian and broadcaster

Deaths

1841 – Edward Nares (Christ Church and Merton), Regius Professor of Modern History 1813–41
1901 – Walter Fellows, cricketer
1910 – Arthur Payne, cricketer
1927 – William Ashley (Balliol and Lincoln), economic historian
1998 – R. Tudur Jones (Mansfield), Welsh Christian theologian

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 24

Births

1843 – Nathaniel Dawes (St Alban Hall), Bishop of Rockhampton 1892–1909
1871 – Adair Roche, Baron Roche (Wadham), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1935–38
1873 – Robert Barclay Fox (Magdalen), Conservative politician
1904 – Hubert Duggan (Christ Church), Conservative politician
1909 – Geoffrey Bing (Lincoln), Labour politician
1910 – Edward Ford (New College), royal courtier
1915 – Frank Byers (Christ Church), Liberal politician
1945 – Frank Close (Magdalen and Exeter), physicist
1950 – Alex Callinicos (Balliol), Trotskyist political theorist
1953 – Julian Brazier (Brasenose), Conservative politician

Deaths

1588 – Nicholas Garlick (Gloucester Hall), Catholic martyr
1594 – John Boste (Queen's), Catholic saint and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
1612 – John Salusbury (Jesus), poet and politician
2005 – Richard Doll (Christ Church and Green), Regius Professor of Medicine and Warden of Green College
2007 – Geoffrey Nuttall (Balliol and Mansfield), church historian

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 25

Births

1842 – Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (Balliol and All Souls), Home Secretary 1895–1900
1894 – Norman McLeod Rogers (University), Canadian politician
1895 – Ifan ab Owen Edwards (Lincoln), founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Welsh League of Youth)
1909 – Godman Irvine (Magdalen), Conservative politician
1921 – Arthur Cain (Magdalen and St Peter's), zoologist

Deaths

1643 – Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (Oriel), Royalist nobleman killed in the English Civil War
1764 – Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet (New College), politician
1829 – John Roberts (Jesus), Anglican priest and writer
1876 – Robert Caesar Childers (Wadham), Orientalist scholar
1892 – Thomas Claughton (Trinity), Oxford Professor of Poetry 1852–57, Bishop of Rochester 1867–77, Bishop of St Albans 1877–90
1906 – Edward Chapman (Merton and Magdalen), Conservative politician
1908 – Peter Medd (University and Keble), Anglican priest and scholar
1910 – Robert Torrens O'Neill (Brasenose), Conservative politician
1952 – Herbert Murrill (Worcester), composer and organist
1956 – St John Evans (St John's), Bishop of St John's (S. Africa) 1951–56
1963 – Leonard Kempthorne (Queen's), Bishop of Polynesia 1922–62
1963 – Frederick Pitman (New College), Olympic rower
2003 – John Schlesinger (Balliol), actor and director

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 26

Births

1842 – Alfred Marshall (Balliol), economist
1893 – E. R. Dodds (University and Christ Church), classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek
1894 – Aldous Huxley (Balliol), writer
1902 – William Gilpin (Keble), Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames 1952–70
1905 – John Aldridge (Corpus Christi), artist
1924 – Raaphi Persitz (Balliol), chess master and writer
1929 – Marc Lalonde, Canadian politician
1950 – Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer
1950 – Paul Seymour (Exeter), American mathematician
1973 – Kate Beckinsale (New College), actress
1975 – Liz Truss (Merton), Conservative politician

Deaths

1728 – John Freind (Christ Church), politician and physician
1840 – Arthur Paget (Christ Church), politician and diplomat
1872 – Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner (Trinity), militia colonel and magistrate
1891 – Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (Worcester), politician
1977 – Ben Bowen Thomas (Jesus), civil servant and President of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth 1964–76

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 27

Births

1817 – Alfred Lowth, cricketer
1822 – William John Evelyn (Balliol), politician
1870 – Hilaire Belloc (Balliol), Anglo-French writer and historian
1909 – Charles Brasch (St John's), New Zealand poet and literary editor
1914 – William Douglas Allen (New College), physicist and electrical engineer
1917 – Sir John Waller, 7th Baronet (Worcester), poet
1921 – Philip Sheppard (Worcester), geneticist and lepidopterist
1930 – Shirley Williams (Somerville), politician and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party
1923 – Peter Baelz, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology
1942 – Tony Greaves, Baron Greaves (Hertford), Liberal Democrat politician
1981 – Pete Reed, winner of gold medals in rowing at the Olympics and World Championships

Deaths

1777 – William Hayes (Magdalen), composer and organist
1892 – Robert Lowe (University and Magdalen), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1868–73
1986 – Osbert Lancaster (Lincoln), cartoonist
1999 – Malachi Martin, Catholic theologian
2000 – Bruce Douglas-Mann (Jesus), Labour then Social Democratic Party politician
2001 – Harold Beeley (Queen's), diplomat and historian
2005 – Leonard Ingrams (Corpus Christi), founder of Garsington Opera

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 28

Births

1674 – Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (Christ Church), in whose honour the orrery was named
1775 – Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (Exeter), cavalry officer
1794 – Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury 1862–68
1843 – William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (Christ Church), Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins (Balliol), poet
1899 – Colin Pearson, Baron Pearson (Balliol), judge and chairman of Royal Commissions
1901 – Maurice Lyell (Keble), judge
1902 – Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh (Christ Church), Conservative politician
1903 – Keith Murray, Baron Murray of Newhaven (Oriel and Lincoln), Rector of Lincoln 1944–53
1907 – Bobby Milburn (Worcester), Dean of Worcester Cathedral 1957–68
1911 – Samuel Beer (Balliol), American political academic
1913 – Rosemary Murray (Lady Margaret Hall), President of New Hall, Cambridge 1954–81 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1975–77
1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg (Balliol), co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Medicine
1931 – Alan Brownjohn (Merton), poet
1932 – Jacob Neusner, American scholar of Judaism
1943 – Bill Bradley (Worcester), American basketball player and politician
1943 – Keith Hill (Corpus Christi), Labour politician

Deaths

1635 – Richard Corbet (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1628–32 and Bishop of Norwich 1632–35
1675 – Bulstrode Whitelocke (St John's), lawyer and politician
1676 – Edward Reynolds (Merton and Christ Church), Warden of Merton 1660–61 and Bishop of Norwich 1660–76
1850 – David Lewis (Jesus), Welsh clergyman
1890 – William Henry Anderdon (Balliol and University), Jesuit priest and writer
1921 – William Burdett-Coutts (Keble), Conservative politician
1960 – Clyde Kluckhohn (Corpus Christi), American anthropologist
1975 – William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan (University), Scottish politician and judge
1987 – James Burnham (Balliol), political theorist
1994 – Colin Turnbull (Magdalen), anthropologist

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 29

Births

1815 – Henry George Allen (Christ Church), lawyer and politician
1849 – Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown (Brasenose), soldier and politician
1882 – Frederick Matheson (Keble), Dean of Carlisle 1938–42
1896 – George Catlin (New College), political scientist and philosopher
1909 – John Le Patourel (Jesus), historian from Guernsey
1911 – Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman (Brasenose), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1977–86
1913 – Jo Grimond (Balliol), Leader of the Liberal Party 1956–67
1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American politician
1951 – Susan Blackmore (St Hilda's), psychologist and writer
1968 – Gideon Henderson (Hertford and University), geologist
1969 – Giles Coren (Keble), food critic and writer

Deaths

1877 – George Ward Hunt (Christ Church), Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1868
1904 – Joseph Foster, genealogist awarded an honorary MA by the university for his transcription of university matriculation and graduation records (Alumni Oxonienses)
1927 – Frederick Jellicoe, cricketer
1956 – Tom Bourdillon (Balliol), mountaineer and member of the 1953 expedition that was the first to conquer Mount Everest
1959 – John Roberts (Jesus), Welsh Presbyterian minister
1983 – Raymond Massey (Balliol), American actor
1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin (Somerville), research chemist

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 30

Births

1726 – William Jones (University), priest and author
1811 – William Pole-Carew (Oriel), politician
1825 – George Ward Hunt (Christ Church), Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1868
1906 – Charles Perry Stacey (Corpus Christi), Canadian historian
1922 – Meredith Davies (Keble), conductor
1926 – Gareth Alban Davies (Queen's), Welsh poet and Hispanist scholar
1938 – Mathew Thorpe (Balliol), Lord Justice of Appeal
1962 – Andy Green (Worcester), RAF pilot and world land speed record holder

Deaths

1682 – Henry Maurice (Jesus), Welsh Dissenting minister
1718 – William Penn (Christ Church), founder of Pennsylvania
1884 – Mark Pattison (Oriel and Lincoln), Rector of Lincoln 1861–84
1894 – Walter Pater (Queen's), writer and critic
1923 – Charles Hawtrey (Pembroke), stage actor
1937 – Harold Davidson (Exeter), priest known as the "Prostitutes' Padre"
1956 – Heaton Rhodes (Brasenose), New Zealand politician and lawyer
1956 – Maude Royden (Lady Margaret Hall), preacher and suffragist
1961 – Simon Hewitt, cricketer
1978 – John Mackintosh (Balliol), Labour politician
1988 – William de Silva (University), Ceylonese politician

Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 31

Births

1673 – Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet (Jesus), politician
1841 – Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet (Balliol and St John's), music theorist
1909 – David Garnsey (New College), Bishop of Gippsland 1959–74
1911 – Ronald Hilton, British-American academic on Latin America
1916 – Brian Inglis (Magdalen), Irish journalist and historian
1915 – Robert Walter Steel (Jesus and St Peter's Hall), geographer
1920 – Peter Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir (Jesus), Secretary of State for Wales 1970–74
1921 – Peter Benenson (Balliol), co-founder of Amnesty International
1928 – Christopher Raeburn, record producer
1929 – Martin Stevens (Trinity), Conservative politician
1932 – John Searle, American philosopher
1942 – James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (Balliol), Conservative politician
1945 – Humfrey Malins (Brasenose), Conservative politician
1945 – William Weld (University), Governor of Massachusetts 1991–97
1957 – Mark Thompson (Merton), Director-General of the BBC since 2004
1971 – Eve Best (Lincoln), actress
1974 – Emilia Fox, actress

Deaths

1396 – William Courtenay (Stapledon Hall), Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1367–69 and Archbishop of Canterbury 1381–96
1874 – Cosmo Innes (Balliol), Scottish historian
1915 – Billy Geen, Welsh rugby international player
1961 – H. J. Rose (Balliol and Exeter), classicist
1970 – Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Christ Church), Australian politician and Olympic games organiser
2001 – A. G. Dickens (Magdalen), historian
2007 – Norman Cohn (Christ Church), historian
2009 – David Hawkes (All Souls), sinologist