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

Births

1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (Exeter), politician
1869 – Harcourt Butler (Balliol), colonial governor
1881 – Rose Macaulay (Somerville), novelist
1883 – Percival Halse Rogers (Worcester), Australian judge
1884 – Sir Gervais Rentoul (Christ Church), barrister and Conservative politician
1905 – Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne (Magdalen), Lord Chancellor 1962–64
1906 – William Hayter (New College and Queen's), diplomat and Warden of New College 1958–76
1913 – Mervyn Austin (Christ Church), Australian classicist and headmaster
1914 – W. J. Burley (Balliol), crime writer who created the detective Charles Wycliffe
1943 – Jed S. Rakoff (Balliol), American judge
1953 – Martin Goodman (Wolfson), historian of Roman and Jewish history
1954 – Ed Vulliamy (Hertford), journalist

Deaths

1605 – Edmund Anderson (Lincoln), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1582–1605
1869 – Walter Hamilton (Christ Church and Merton), Bishop of Salisbury 1854–69
1896 – William Robert Grove (Brasenose), judge and scientist
1910 – Francis Birley (University), footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford and later played for England
1952 – Arthur Shearly Cripps (Trinity), missionary priest and writer
1992 – Leslie Fox (Christ Church and Balliol), mathematician
2005 – William Hugh Clifford Frend (Keble), priest and ecclesiastical historian

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

Births

1823 – Edward Augustus Freeman (Trinity), historian
1862 – Arthur Headlam (New College, All Souls and Christ Church), Regius Professor of Divinity 1918–23 and Bishop of Gloucester 1923–45
1867 – Ernest Dowson (Queen's), poet and novelist
1878 – Richard Olaf Winstedt (New College), orientalist
1884 – Reginald Coupland, Beit Professor of Colonial History 1920–48
1885 – Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (New College), army officer and sportsman
1888 – D. A. Clarke-Smith, actor
1906 – Albert Goodwin (Jesus), historian
1907 – Alec Clifton-Taylor (Queen's), architectural historian
1915 – Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram, army officer
1921 – Jack Ainslie (Trinity College), farmer and Liberal politician
1922 – Len Murray (New College), trade union leader
1929 – David Waddington, Baron Waddington (Hertford), Conservative politician
1935 – Derek Enright (Wadham), Labour politician
1940 – Adrian Hollis (Christ Church and Keble), chess champion
1943 – Oliver Taplin (Magdalen), classicist
1945 – John Bowis (Brasenose), Conservative politician
1946 – Nigel Hitchin (Jesus, Wolfson and New College), Savilian Professor of Geometry since 1997
1948 – Peter Torry (New College), diplomat
1951 – Roger Parker (St Hugh's), musicologist
1955 – Roger Cohen (Balliol), journalist
1971 – Ruth Lawrence (St Hugh's), mathematician

Deaths

1603 – John Townshend (Magdalen Hall), soldier and politician
1794 – Richard Burke Jr. (Christ Church), barrister and politician
1868 – Lambert Blackwell Larking (Brasenose), clergyman and antiquary
1911 – Francis Paget (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1901–11
1938 – Lewis Clive (Christ Church), Olympic gold medal winner in rowing
1944 – Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (Balliol), RAF pilot and boxer
1999 – Willie Morris, American writer
2009 – Mark Green (Lincoln), Bishop of Aston 1972–82

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

Births

1702 – Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet (Magdalen), politician
1815 – Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (Worcester), politician
1829 – Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel (Balliol), Speaker of the House of Commons 1884–95
1830 – Edwin Berkeley Portman (Balliol), politician and barrister
1844 – Herbert Armitage James (Jesus, Lincoln and St John's), headmaster of Rugby School 1895–1909 and President of St John's 1909–31
1866 – Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet (New College), politician
1876 – Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane (Merton), diplomat and 17th British Resident of Perak
1888 – John Aidan Liddell (Balliol), winner of the Victoria Cross
1905 – Roger Wilson (Keble), Bishop of Chichester 1958–74
1908 – Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn (Trinity), Minister of Pensions and National Insurance 1962–63
1913 – John Wilfrid Linnett (St John's and Queen's), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1973–75
1926 – Anthony Sampson (Christ Church), writer and journalist
1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva (St John's), Prime Minister of Thailand since 2008

Deaths

1597 – Richard Meredith (Jesus), Church of Ireland Bishop of Leighlin 1589–97
1768 – Thomas Secker (Exeter), Archbishop of Canterbury 1758–68
1948 – Albert Pollard (Jesus), historian of the Tudor period
1949 – Thomas Higson (New College), cricketer
2009 – Christopher Elrington (University), historian with the Victoria County History series
2015 – Robert Conquest (Magdalen), historian of the Soviet Union

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

Births

1839 – Walter Pater (Queen's), writer and critic
1843 – Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet (Exeter), barrister and judge
1869 – Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet (Oriel), politician
1908 – Osbert Lancaster (Lincoln), cartoonist
1924 – Antony Rowe (Trinity), Olympic rower
1938 – Simon Preston (Christ Church), organist
1949 – Danny Williams (Keble), Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003–10
1953 – Charles Kent (Worcester), England rugby union international

Deaths

1737 – John King (Christ Church), clergyman
1888 – John Burgon (Worcester), Dean of Chichester 1876–88
1907 – John Andrew Doyle (Balliol and All Souls), English historian of America
1917 – Noel Godfrey Chavasse (Trinity), army medical doctor awarded the Victoria Cross twice for his heroism
1994 – Solomon Adler, economist and Russian spy
2001 – Joseph Cooper (Keble), pianist and broadcaster

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

Births

1870 – Harry Brodribb Irving (New College), actor
1880 – Herbert du Parcq, Baron du Parcq (Exeter and Jesus), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1946–49
1882 – Norman Jolly (Balliol), Australian professor of forestry
1889 – William Davies Thomas (Jesus), professor of English at University College, Swansea
1914 – Sandy Singleton, cricketer
1929 – Al Alvarez (Corpus Christi), poet
1947 – John Spellar (St Edmund Hall), Labour politician
1956 – Christopher Chessun (University), Bishop of Southwark since 2011
1961 – Roly Keating (Balliol), BBC executive
1967 – Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn
1968 – Stephanie Flanders (Balliol), economics journalist and broadcaster

Deaths

1633 – George Abbot (Balliol and University), Archbishop of Canterbury 1611–33
1741 – John Verney (New College), politician and judge
1792 – Frederick North, Lord North (Trinity), Prime Minister of Great Britain 1770–82
1941 – Patrick Hall, cricketer
1980 – Geoffrey Hugo Lampe (Exeter), theology professor at the University of Cambridge
1984 – Richard Burton (Exeter), actor
2005 – Raymond Klibansky (Oriel and Wolfson), German-Canadian historian of philosophy
2009 – Gerald Cohen (All Souls), Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory 1985–2008

Other events

2008 – Gordon Wetherell (New College) is appointed Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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

Births

1788 – Felix Slade, founder of the position of Slade Professor of Fine Art
1854 – W. G. Collingwood (University), author and artist
1885 – John Yate Robinson (Merton), Olympic gold medallist in field hockey
1890 – Alexander Hosie, cricketer
1900 – Cecil Howard Green, philanthropist who helped to establish Green College
1906 – Max Crawford (Balliol), Australian historian
1909 – Solomon Adler, American economist and Soviet spy
1914 – Benedict Nicolson (Balliol), art historian
1919 – Hugh Mendl (University), record producer
1938 – Rees Davies (Merton and All Souls), Welsh historian
1942 – Felix Stephens (St Benet's Hall), Master of St Benet's since 2007
1944 – Martin Wharton (Linacre), Bishop of Newcastle since 1997
1947 – Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (Trinity), Scottish aristocrat
1955 – Timothy Williamson (University and New College), philosopher
1956 – Bill Emmott (Magdalen), journalist

Deaths

1679 – John Snell, founder of the Snell exhibitions
1794 – Alexander Hosie (Balliol), Lord Chancellor 1771–78
1890 – Thomas Babington Jones (Jesus), cricketer
1926 – Holcombe Ingleby (Corpus Christi), politician
1934 – Alexander Leeper (St John's), Australian educator
1964 – Norman Matthews (Jesus and St Stephen's House), clergyman and broadcaster
1985 – William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany (Christ Church), Conservative politician
1991 – Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada 1967–74

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

Births

1885 – Dornford Yates (University), novelist
1924 – Kenneth Kendall (Corpus Christi), news broadcaster and television presenter
1926 – John Woodcock (Trinity), cricket journalist
1928 – Dikran Tahta (Christ Church), mathematician
1929 – Andrew Graham (St John's), Bishop of Newcastle 1981–97

Deaths

1778 – Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet (Balliol), lawyer and politician
1829 – John Reeves (Merton and Queen's), judge and political activist
1912 – Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet (Balliol and St John's), music theorist
1929 – John Bain, footballer for the university and England
1938 – Robert Bourne (New College), rower and politician
1980 – Harold Loukes (Jesus), educationalist
1998 – Harry Tuzo (Oriel), army officer

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

Births

1852 – Carsten Peter Thiede (Queen's), German archaeologist and New Testament scholar
1860 – George Howson (Merton), headmaster of Gresham's School 1900–19
1881 – Oswald Samson (Hertford), cricketer
1907 – Richard Fort (New College), Conservative politician
1916 – John Poole-Hughes (Hertford), Bishop of Llandaff 1976–85
1926 – Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen (Magdalen and All Souls), Warden of All Souls 1977–95, Vice-Chancellor 1985–89
1931 – Roger Penrose (Wadham), mathematical physicist
1941 – Tyronne Fernando (Keble), Sri Lankan politician

Deaths

1672 – Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet (Magdalen Hall), politician
1805 – Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet (Corpus Christi), antiquarian and politician
1827 – George Canning (Christ Church), Prime Minister for 119 days before his death
1940 – Francis Slacke (University), colonial administrator
1957 – Fabian S. Woodley (University), poet
2001 – Patrick David Wall (Christ Church), neuroscientist
2006 – Michael Hurd (Pembroke), composer

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

Births

1781 – John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (Oriel and Corpus Christi), politician
1835 – Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham (Brasenose), politician
1843 – Tankerville Chamberlayne (Magdalen), politician
1885 – Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens (New College), barrister and judge
1862 – Hubert Burge (University), Bishop of Oxford 1919–25
1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz (Balliol), German diplomat involved in the 1944 plot to kill Hitler
1922 – Philip Larkin (St John's), poet
1924 – Alex Quaison-Sackey (Exeter), Ghanaian diplomat
1932 – Reginald Bosanquet (New College), broadcast journalist
1954 – Boris Rankov (Corpus Christi), historian

Other events

1492 – The foundation stone of Magdalen Tower is laid.
1916 – Noel Godfrey Chavasse (Trinity) wins the first of his two Victoria Crosses.

Deaths

1611 – John Blagrave (St John's), mathematician
1634 – William Noy (Exeter), lawyer
1641 – Augustine Baker (Broadgates Hall), Benedictine mystic
1744 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (New College), nobleman and politician
1761 – John Gilbert (Trinity and Merton), Archbishop of York 1757–61
1859 – John Penrose (Corpus Christi), clergyman and theologian
1887 – Edward Barnwell (Jesus), headmaster of Ruthin School
1932 – Graham Wallas (Corpus Christi), socialist
1936 – Charles Aitken (New College), director of the Tate Gallery
1958 – Louis Golding (Queen's), novelist
1962 – Reginald Halse (Brasenose), Archbishop of Brisbane 1943–62
1975 – Maurice Gorham (Balliol), journalist and broadcasting executive
1999 – James McFarlane (St Catherine's), scholar of European literature
2001 – Humphry Bowen (Magdalen), botanist and chemist
2005 – Renfrey Potts (Queen's), Australian mathematician
2007 – Timothy Garden, Baron Garden (St Catherine's), Air Marshal and Liberal Democrat politician

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

Births

1825 – John Conington (University and Magdalen), classical scholar
1831 – George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (Oriel), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1887–92
1869 – Laurence Binyon (Trinity), poet
1900 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (Magdalen), Governor-General of New Zealand 1967–72
1908 – William Wells (Balliol), barrister and Labour politician
1911 – A. N. Sherwin-White (St John's), historian of Ancient Rome
1935 – Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (New College), Conservative politician
1940 – Peter Atkins (Lincoln), chemistry professor
1947 – Anwar Ibrahim (St Antony's), Malaysian politician
1963 – Andrew Sullivan (Magdalen), journalist
1974 – Rachel Simmons (Lincoln), American author
1976 – Sam Gyimah (Somerville), Conservative politician

Deaths

1897 – William Walsham How (Wadham), Bishop of Wakefield 1889–97
1915 – Henry Moseley (Trinity), physicist
1916 – Arthur Ridley (Christ Church), cricketer
1926 – John Humphreys Davies (Lincoln), principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 1919–26
1948 – Montague Summers (Trinity), clergyman and author
1980 – Gareth Evans (University and Christ Church), philosopher
1989 – H. Montgomery Hyde (Magdalen), barrister and Ulster Unionist politician
2008 – David Young (Balliol and Wycliffe Hall), Bishop of Ripon 1977–99

Other events

1636 – Edward Pococke gives the inaugural lecture for the new position of Laudian Professor of Arabic.
1993 – Prime Minister John Major opens the Harris Building at Oriel College.

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

Births

1770 – George Canning (Christ Church), Prime Minister 1827
1788 – Charles Rumbold (Oriel), politician
1789 – John Mills (Christ Church), politician and cricketer
1825 – Alexander Mackonochie (Wadham), Anglican priest known as "the martyr of St Alban's"
1865 – Sir Charles Welby, 5th Baronet (Christ Church), civil servant and politician
1882 – Horace Kallen, American philosopher
1883 – Ernst Stadler (Magdalen), German poet
1889 – E. H. W. Meyerstein (Magdalen), writer and poet
1894 – Angus Buchanan (Jesus), winner of the Victoria Cross
1910 – James Munro Bertram (New College), New Zealand writer and journalist
1913 – Angus Wilson (Merton), novelist
1928 – James Robertson (Balliol), political and economic thinker
1930 – Michael Quinlan (Merton), civil servant
1944 – Martin Linton (Pembroke), Labour politician

Deaths

1486 – William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester 1447–86, Lord Chancellor 1456–60 and founder of Magdalen College
1813 – Henry James Pye (Magdalen), Poet Laureate 1790–1813
1840 – John Rickman (Lincoln), Parliamentary official and statistician
1890 – John Henry Newman (Trinity), Catholic theologian and writer
1971 – Geoffrey Foster, cricketer
1977 – Frederic Calland Williams (Magdalen), co-pioneer of the Manchester Mark 1 computer
1979 – J. G. Farrell (Brasenose), novelist
2002 – Richard Wood, Baron Holderness (New College), Conservative politician
2007 – Michael Frede, historian of philosophy
2010 – Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Lincoln), Conservative politician

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

Births

1774 – Robert Southey (Balliol), poet
1819 – Hibbert Binney (Worcester), Bishop of Nova Scotia 1851–87
1832 – Hely Hutchinson Almond (Balliol), Scottish educator and rugby enthusiast
1839 – Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 3rd Baronet (Christ Church), landowner and politician
1878 – Clifford Woodward (Jesus), Bishop of Bristol 1933–46 and Bishop of Gloucester 1946–53
1887 – Erwin Schrödinger (Magdalen), physicist
1911 – Sir Duncan Wilson (Balliol), diplomat and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge 1971–80
1915 – Edward Patey (Hertford), Dean of Liverpool 1964–82
1923 – Gordon Samuels (Balliol), Governor of New South Wales 1996–2001
1925 – Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter (Trinity), founders of the Freedom Association and writers of the Guinness Book of Records
1939 – Oliver Ford Davies (Merton), actor
1940 – Michael Brunson (Queen's), journalist
1944 – Neil Balfour (University), merchant banker and Conservative politician

Deaths

1560 – Thomas Phaer, doctor and writer
1740 – John Dawnay (Christ Church), politician
1857 – William Conybeare (Christ Church), clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist
1933 – Walter Lock (Corpus Christi, Magdalen and Keble), Warden of Keble 1897–1920, Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture 1895–1919, and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity 1919–27
1976 – Tom Driberg (Christ Church), Labour politician
1999 – Sir John Rigby Hale (Jesus), historian of the Renaissance
2004 – Basil Wigoder (Oriel), Liberal politician
2005 – Lakshman Kadirgamar (Balliol), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka 1994–2001 and 2004–05

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

Births

1788 – Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet (Christ Church), politician
1823 – Goldwin Smith (Magdalen and University), Regius Professor of Modern History 1858–66 and advocate of university reform
1867 – William Craigie (Oriel), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon 1916–25
1872 – John Maria Gatti (St John's), theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman
1903 – Nigel Cornwall (Oriel), Bishop of Borneo 1949–62
1904 – Sir Humphrey Waldock (Brasenose and All Souls), Chichele Professor of Public International Law 1947–72, President of the International Court of Justice 1979–81
1912 – Geoffrey Hugo Lampe (Exeter), theologian and Cambridge professor
1946 – G. L. Peiris (New College), Sri Lankan politician
1973 – Mara Yamauchi (St Anne's), long-distance runner

Deaths

1595 – William Freeman (Magdalen), Catholic priest and martyr
1855 – Richard Bourke (Christ Church), Governor of New South Wales 1831–37
1929 – Ray Lankester (Christ Church and Exeter), zoologist
1976 – Robert Stopford (Hertford), Bishop of Peterborough 1956–61 and Bishop of London 1961–73
2003 – Michael Maclagan (Trinity), historian and officer of arms

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

Births

1794 – Richard Lynch Cotton (Worcester), Provost of Worcester 1839–80
1842 – Henry Duff Traill (St John's), author and journalist
1859 – Alfred W. Pollard (St John's), Shakespeare scholar
1867 – John Galsworthy (New College), novelist and playwright
1873 – Alexander Souter (Mansfield), Biblical scholar
1874 – John Knight Fotheringham (Merton and Magdalen), historian of astronomy and chronology
1888 – Edgar Hall (Jesus), Archdeacon of Totnes 1948–62
1907 – H. Montgomery Hyde (Magdalen), lawyer and politician
1933 – Thomas Pakenham (Magdalen), historian
1947 – John Methuen (Brasenose), Dean of Ripon 1995–2005
1956 – Jonathan Powell (University), Downing Street Chief of Staff under Tony Blair
1958 – Philip Dunne (Keble), Conservative politician
1981 – Michael Blomquist (St Peter's), American rower

Deaths

1598 – Sir Henry Bagenal (Jesus), Marshal of the army in Ireland under Elizabeth I
1743 – Edward Northey (Queen's), Attorney General for England and Wales 1701–07 and 1710–18
1844 – Henry Francis Cary (Christ Church), author and translator
1849 – Edward Copleston (St Mary Hall and Oriel), Oxford Professor of Poetry, Provost of Oriel and Bishop of Llandaff
1856 – William Buckland (Corpus Christi), theologian, geologist and palaeontologist
1910 – Frank Podmore (Pembroke), author and writer on psychic matters
1922 – Hubert Beaumont (Balliol), politician
1929 – Geoffrey Scott (New College), architectural historian and poet
1982 – Dorothy Whitelock (St Hilda's), Anglo-Saxon historian
1994 – Joan Harrison (St Hugh's), screenwriter
2006 – John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken (Balliol), writer

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

Births

1785 – Thomas De Quincey (Worcester), essayist
1857 – Montague Druitt (New College), barrister and Jack the Ripper suspect
1871 – Arthur Tansley, Sherardian Professor of Botany
1872 – Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe (Christ Church), politician and businessman
1886 – Robert Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (Magdalen), Conservative politician
1906 – Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon (Balliol), Scottish judge
1908 – Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (Exeter), Welsh journalist and broadcaster
1918 – Derrick Bailey (Christ Church), pilot, cricketer and businessman
1921 – Edmund Dell (Queen's), politician and businessman
1921 – Sir Patrick Nairne, civil servant, and Master of St Catherine's 1981–88
1926 – D. E. R. Watt (Oriel), Scottish historian
1927 – Sir Oliver Popplewell (Harris Manchester), barrister and judge
1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn (University), lawyer and judge
1938 – Stephen Breyer (Magdalen), Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1946 – William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (Corpus Christi and All Souls), Conservative politician
1951 – Nelson McCausland (Worcester), politician from Northern Ireland
1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen (New College), psychologist and researcher into autism
1964 – Jane Ellison, Conservative politician

Deaths

1411 – Thomas Chillenden (Canterbury College), prior of Christ Church Priory, Canterbury (later Canterbury Cathedral) 1390–1410
1786 – Thomas Tyrwhitt (Queen's and Merton), classical scholar
1875 – Robert Stephen Hawker (Pembroke), priest and antiquarian
1879 – Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet (Christ Church), landowner and politician
1901 – Joseph Lloyd Brereton (University), priest and educational reformer
1958 – John Ganzoni, 1st Baron Belstead (Christ Church), soldier, barrister and politician
1981 – Sir Humphrey Waldock (Brasenose and All Souls), Chichele Professor of Public International Law 1947–72, President of the International Court of Justice 1979–81
2000 – Lancelot Ware (Lincoln), barrister and co-founder of Mensa

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

Births

1867 – Ronald Montagu Burrows (Christ Church), Principal of King's College London 1913–20
1888 – T. E. Lawrence (Jesus and Magdalen), "Lawrence of Arabia"
1904 – Ralph Downes (Keble), organist and organ builder
1911 – E. F. Schumacher (New College), economic adviser
1924 – Philip Dowson (University), architect and President of the Royal Academy 1993–99
1934 – Diana Wynne Jones (St Anne's), novelist
1941 – Iain Douglas-Hamilton (Oriel), zoologist
1953 – David Spiegelhalter (Keble), statistician

Deaths

1733 – Matthew Tindal (Lincoln and All Souls), Deist thinker
1941 – Francis Turville-Petre (Exeter), archaeologist
1944 – Walter Robberds (Keble), Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1908–34
1949 – Tom Wintringham (Balliol), co-founder of the Common Wealth Party and journalist
1951 – Gus Kelly, Irish cricketer
1957 – William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt (New College), Lord Chancellor 1945–51
2007 – Roland Mathias (Jesus), Welsh poet and short story writer

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

Births

1556 – Alexander Briant (Hart Hall), Jesuit martyr
1660 – Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet (Christ Church), politician
1718 – Francis Willis (Lincoln, St Alban Hall and Brasenose), physician who treated George III
1873 – Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor (Christ Church), civil servant and politician
1878 – Douglas Lloyd Savory (St John's), Professor of French and politician
1905 – Guy Sanderson (Merton), Bishop of Plymouth 1962–72
1921 – Elinor Lyon (Lady Margaret Hall), children's author
1944 – Peter Gibbs, cricketer and scriptwriter
1951 – Robert Joy (Corpus Christi), Canadian actor
1956 – Philippe Aghion (Nuffield), French economist

Deaths

1657 – Robert Blake (Wadham), admiral
1723 – Joseph Bingham (University), clergyman and scholar
1729 – Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet (Christ Church), politician
1906 – Herman Charles Merivale (Balliol), dramatist and poet
1946 – Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh (Balliol), Scottish barrister and judge
1956 – William Havard (Jesus), Welsh international rugby union player and bishop
1969 – Gerry Crutchley, English cricketer
1990 – Roderick Cook (Queen's), actor and writer

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

Births

1605 – Henry Hammond (Magdalen), clergyman
1809 – William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (Christ Church), nobleman and racehorse owner
1818 – James Fraser (Lincoln and Oriel), Bishop of Manchester 1870–85
1858 – Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers (Oriel), Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1924–31
1880 – Harold Rushworth (Jesus), New Zealand politician
1897 – Enid Starkie (Somerville), Irish academic of French literature
1911 – Henry Summers (Trinity), civil servant and poet
1920 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (Trinity), lepidopterist
1934 – Michael de Larrabeiti (Keble), novelist and travel writer
1936 – David Leaning (Keble), Provost then Dean of Southwell Minster 1991–2006
1940 – Stanley Johnson (Exeter), Conservative politician and writer
1948 – John Scarlett (Magdalen), Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service 2004–2009
1955 – Richard Cheetham (Corpus Christi), Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames since 2002
1973 – Victoria Coren (St John's), journalist and poker player

Deaths

1385 – William Reade (Exeter and Merton), Bishop of Chichester 1368–85
1681 – Thomas Allen (St John's), politician and lawyer
1910 – Edward Wickham (New College), Dean of Lincoln 1894–1910
1953 – Archibald Rowlands (Jesus), civil servant
1973 – Christopher Nyholm Shawcross (University), lawyer and Labour politician
1976 – Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (New College), landowner
1985 – Michael Long (Jesus), judge
1988 – Michael Perrin (New College), director of the first British atomic bomb programme

Other events

1892 – H. H. Asquith (Balliol) is appointed Home Secretary by William Gladstone.
1977 – Roy Jenkins (Balliol) becomes President of the European Commission.

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

Births

1851 – Bernard Coleridge, 2nd Baron Coleridge (Trinity), politician and judge
1855 – H. O. Arnold-Forster (University), Secretary of State for War 1903–05
1864 – Charles Green (Keble), Archbishop of Wales 1934–44
1879 – Clement Ricketts (Keble), Bishop of Dunwich 1945–55
1890 – Leslie Wormwald (Magdalen), Olympic gold medallist in rowing
1900 – Gilbert Ryle (Queen's, Christ Church and Magdalen), Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
1908 – Ronald Groves (Christ Church), educationalist
1910 – Gerald Ellison (New College), Bishop of London 1973–81
1925 – David Underdown (Exeter), historian
1937 – Richard Ingrams (University), journalist and satirical writer
1946 – Bill Clinton (University), President of the United States 1993–2001
1949 – Michael Nazir-Ali (St Edmund Hall), Bishop of Rochester 1994–2009

Deaths

1591 – Thomas Huet (Jesus), Welsh clergyman and translator of the Bible
1695 – Christopher Merret (Gloucester Hall and Oriel), physician and scientist
1936 – Hugh Patrick Lygon (Pembroke), friend of Evelyn Waugh said to have inspired the character of Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited
1978 – Max Mallowan (New College and All Souls), archaeologist
1988 – Patrick Donner (Exeter), Conservative politician
2000 – D. G. Champernowne, economist and academic

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

Births

1853 – Charles Lewis (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
1927 – John Boardman (Merton and Lincoln), art historian
1957 – Simon Donaldson (Worcester and All Souls), mathematician
1959 – Andrew Pelling (New College), Conservative politician

Deaths

1768 – Joseph Spence (New College), historian and collector of anecdotes
1944 – Alfred Hazel (Jesus), lawyer and Principal of Jesus 1925–44
1963 – Jorian Jenks (Balliol), farmer and fascist

Other events

1448 – William Waynflete founds Magdalen College.

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

Births

1754 – Banastre Tarleton (University), soldier and politician
1813 – John Burgon (Worcester and Oriel), Dean of Chichester
1879 – Neville Talbot (Christ Church), Bishop of Pretoria 1920–33
1889 – Henry Lewis (Jesus), Welsh language and literature academic
1901 – Edward Thomas Copson (St John's), mathematician
1913 – Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman (University), Master of University 1976–86
1919 – Marcel Lambert (Hertford), Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons 1962–63
1938 – Peter Dale (St Peter's), poet
1939 – Festus Mogae (University), President of Botswana 1998–2008
1942 – Daryl Williams (Wadham), Attorney-General of Australia 1996–2003
1945 – Andrew Goudie (Hertford and St Cross), geographer and Master of St Cross since 2003
1954 – Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover (St Anne's), Liberal Democrat politician
1968 – Timothy Griffin (Pembroke), United States Attorney

Deaths

1868 – Francis Jeune (Pembroke), Master of Pembroke 1844–64 and Bishop of Peterborough 1864–68
1935 – William Hayter (Brasenose), Dean of Gibraltar 1913–20
2002 – Kenneth H. Hunt (Balliol), engineering academic
2003 – Kathy Wilkes (St Hugh's and St Hilda's), philosopher and activist behind the Iron Curtain

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

Births

1771 – John Rickman (Magdalen Hall and Lincoln), statistician and government official
1800 – Edward Bouverie Pusey (Christ Church and Oriel), Regius Professor of Hebrew and leading member of the Oxford movement
1813 – John Armstrong (Lincoln), bishop
1820 – William Lockhart (Exeter), Roman Catholic priest
1835 – William Edward Hall (University), lawyer and mountaineer
1869 – Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster (New College), Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office 1915–44
1877 – Anthony Collett (Oriel), naturalist
1900 – Howard Marshall (Oriel), radio broadcaster
1912 – Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet (New College), soldier
1933 – Theodore Zeldin (Christ Church and St Antony's), historian of France
1938 – Keith Ward (Linacre and Christ Church), Regius Professor of Divinity 1991–2004
1944 – Roger Cashmore (Balliol, University and Brasenose), physicist and Principal of Brasenose since 2003
1959 – Mark Williams (Brasenose), actor and comedian
1964 – Julian King (St Peter's), diplomat

Deaths

1532 – William Warham (New College), Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of the University
1643 – Sir William Pennyman, 1st Baronet (Christ Church), soldier and landowner
1667 – Alexander Hyde (New College), Bishop of Salisbury 1665–67
1709 – John Jones (Jesus), clergyman and physician
1881 – James Stuart-Wortley (Christ Church and Merton), politician
1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Christ Church), Prime Minister (three times) and Chancellor of the University 1869–1903
1905 – David Binning Monro (Brasenose, Balliol and Oriel), Provost of Oriel 1882–1905
1905 – Alfred Waterhouse, architect of parts of Balliol College and the Oxford Union
1918 – Oswald Cawley (New College), soldier and politician
1931 – Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield (Balliol), Governor of Victoria 1914–20
1963 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, benefactor to the university and founder of Nuffield College

Other events

1912 – C. B. Fry (Wadham), England cricket captain, plays his final test match.

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

Births

1637 – Francis Turner (New College), Bishop of Ely 1684–91
1815 – Henry Acland (Christ Church and All Souls), Regius Professor of Medicine 1858–94
1823 – Henry Bowlby (Wadham), Bishop of Coventry 1891–94
1828 – Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet (Exeter), barrister and politician
1846 – Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet (Exeter), barrister and politician
1852 – Arnold Toynbee (Pembroke and Balliol), economic historian
1856 – Harold Finch-Hatton (Balliol), politician
1869 – Robert Gunther (Magdalen), founder of the Museum of the History of Science
1876 – Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow (University), government minister
1885 – Henry Tizard (Magdalen), chemist and President of Magdalen 1942–46
1900 – Arthur fforde (Trinity), Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors 1957–64
1922 – James Tinn (Jesus), Labour politician
1929 – George Bull (Brasenose), journalist
1941 – Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, philosopher

Deaths

1348 – John de Stratford (Merton), Archbishop of Canterbury 1333–48
1524 – Edmund Audley (University), Bishop of Salisbury 1502–24
1916 – Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Overbury Court (Exeter), banker and politician
1921 – Francis Jayne (Wadham and Jesus), Bishop of Chester 1889–1919
1934 – Edward Burroughs (Balliol and Hertford), Bishop of Ripon 1926–34
1936 – Phillip Osborne (Pembroke), explorer
1952 – Frederic G. Kenyon (Magdalen), paleographer and biblical scholar
1963 – Robert Brand, 1st Baron Brand (New College and All Souls), civil servant and businessman
1997 – John Kendrew (St John's), Nobel Prize winner and President of St John's 1981–87
2008 – John Russell (Magdalen), art critic

Other events

2005 – Hilary Lister (Jesus) becomes the first quadriplegic to sail solo across the English channel.

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

Births

1423 – Thomas Rotherham, co-founder of Lincoln College, Oxford and Archbishop of York 1480–1500
1854 – John Owen (Jesus), Bishop of St David's 1897–1926
1862 – Arthur Turner (Keble), Bishop in Korea 1905–10
1872 – Max Beerbohm (Merton), essayist and caricaturist
1872 – Sir David Reid, 1st Baronet (New College), politician
1878 – James Masterton-Smith (Hertford), civil servant
1889 – Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow (Magdalen), Attorney General for England and Wales 1936–45
1905 – Dingle Foot (Balliol), lawyer and politician
1917 – John Taylor (Brasenose), Nigerian judge
1921 – Keith Dalziel (Wolfson), biochemist
1921 – Eric Simms (Merton), ornithologist and writer
1926 – Giles Bullard (Balliol), diplomat
1929 – John Mackintosh (Balliol), Labour politician
1934 – Norman Myers (Keble), environmentalist
1936 – A. S. Byatt (Somerville), novelist
1938 – Hugh Wright (Queen's), teacher
1952 – Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (Balliol), diplomat
1956 – Robert Ellis (Regent's Park), Principal of Regent's Park
1966 – Nick Denton (University), journalist and internet entrepreneur

Deaths

1587 – Richard Barnes (Brasenose), Bishop of Durham 1577–87
1594 – William Reynolds (New College), theologian
1630 – Sebastian Benefield (Corpus Christi), Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity 1613–14
1670 – William Neile (Wadham), mathematician
1683 – John Owen (Queen's and Christ Church), Vice-Chancellor of the University 1652–60
1798 – Thomas Alcock (Brasenose), clergyman and writer
1865 – Samuel Rickards (Oriel), clergyman
1876 – Thomas Corser (Balliol), clergyman and scholar
1947 – Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet (Oriel), Conservative politician
1954 – Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone (Balliol), barrister and judge
1957 – Ronald Knox (Balliol and Trinity), theologian and crime writer
1960 – Henry Vodden (Exeter), Bishop of Hull 1934–57
1962 – Henry Ley (Keble), organist
1968 – Bailey Davies (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
1978 – Kathleen Kenyon (Somerville and St Hugh's), archaeologist and Principal of St Hugh's 1962–73
1988 – Kenneth Leighton (Queen's), composer
1993 – James Munro Bertram (New College), New Zealand journalist
1996 – Eric Heaton (St John's and Christ Church), Dean of Christ Church 1979–91
1998 – Ralph Freeman (Worcester), civil engineer
2002 – Hugh Cruttwell (Hertford), principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
2003 – Wilfred Thesiger (Magdalen), explorer
2007 – Mark Birley (University), founder of Annabel's nightclub

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

Births

1878 – Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan (Magdalen), soldier and priest
1894 – Richard S. Lambert (Wadham), biographer and historian
1902 – Geoffrey Allen (University), Bishop of Derby 1959–69
1903 – Richard H. G. Bonnycastle, Canadian businessman
1917 – J. L. Mackie (Oriel and University), Australian philosopher
1918 – William B. Rosson (New College), American general
1930 – Crispin Tickell (Christ Church and Green), diplomat and Warden of Green 1990–97
1943 – Norman Geras (Pembroke and Nuffield), politics academic
1944 – Rick Gekoski (Merton), writer and rare book dealer
1944 – Andrew Longmore (Lincoln), Lord Justice of Appeal
1949 – Martin Amis (Exeter), novelist

Deaths

1722 – Thomas Manningham (New College), Bishop of Chichester 1709–22
1727 – Humphrey Mackworth (Magdalen), industrialist
1866 – William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (Christ Church), nobleman and racehorse owner
1928 – Gerard Trower (Keble), bishop
1939 – Arthur Asquith (New College), army officer
1958 – Cyril Hare (New College), judge and crime writer
1997 – Peter Dews (University), stage director

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

Births

1848 – Charles Stanton Devas (Balliol), political economist
1875 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (Brasenose), Governor General of Canada 1935–40
1917 – Harry Tuzo (Oriel), British general
1922 – Harold Max Rosenberg (Linacre and St Catherine's), experimental physicist
1934 – Gordon Clough (Magdalen), journalist and broadcaster
1935 – Gerald Bowden (Magdalen), Conservative politician
1937 – Alan Chesters (St Catherine's and St Stephen's House), Bishop of Blackburn 1989–2003
1940 – Michael Cockerell (Corpus Christi), journalist and broadcaster
1952 – Peter Atkinson (St John's), Dean of Worcester since 2007
1957 – Daniel Johnson (Magdalen), journalist
1965 – Marcus du Sautoy (Wadham, All Souls and New College), Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science since 2008
1966 – Peter Clift (Worcester), geologist and geophysicist

Deaths

1349 – Thomas Bradwardine (Merton and Balliol, Oxford), mathematician and Archbishop of Canterbury
1819 – George Cornewall (Christ Church), politician
1838 – Sir John Nicholl (St John's), Welsh politician and judge
1903 – William Henry Corfield (Magdalen and Pembroke), public health expert
1943 – Francis Edward Fremantle (Balliol), Conservative politician
1944 – Adam von Trott zu Solz (Balliol), German diplomat involved in the 1944 plot to kill Hitler
1970 – Oliver Green-Wilkinson (Magdalen), Archbishop of Central Africa 1962–70
1982 – Susobhan Sarkar (Jesus), Indian historian

Other events

1839 – Francis Baring (Christ Church) becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1931 – Herbert Samuel (Balliol) becomes Home Secretary.

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

Births

1805 – Charles David Badham (Pembroke), writer and physician
1849 – Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough (Brasenose), nobleman
1849 – Edmund Neville Nevill (New College), astronomer
1912 – Peter Gretton (University), Royal Navy officer and college bursar
1913 – Stewart Crawford (Oriel), diplomat
1913 – Donald M. MacKinnon (New College), Scottish philosopher and theologian
1919 – Jack Dormand (St Peter's), Labour politician
1920 – Peter Vansittart (Worcester), novelist and historian
1932 – Antonia Fraser (Lady Margaret Hall), novelist
1934 – Graeme Moodie (Queen's), politics academic
1959 – Guy Hands (Mansfield), financier
1959 – Jeanette Winterson (St Catherine's), novelist

Deaths

1701 – Gilbert Ironside (Wadham), Warden of Wadham and Bishop of Hereford
1748 – Sir Robert Abdy, 3rd Baronet (Trinity), politician
1862 – Thomas Jefferson Hogg (University), biographer of Percy Bysshe Shelley
1862 – John Williams (Jesus), Welsh priest and writer ("Ab Ithel")
1894 – Henry Bowlby (Wadham, Oxford), Bishop of Coventry 1891–94
1924 – William Bayliss (Wadham), physiologist
1933 – Malcolm Robinson (New College), Chief Inspector of Factories
1948 – George Halford (Keble), Bishop of Rockhampton 1909–20
1969 – Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges (Magdalen), civil servant
1997 – James Lindsay (Magdalen), Conservative politician
1998 – Keith Cox (Queen's and Jesus), geologist
2008 – Alec Hill (Balliol), Australian military historian

Other events

1605 – Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales takes up residence at Magdalen.
1743 – Henry Pelham (Hart Hall) becomes Prime Minister.

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

Births

1756 – Thomas Le Mesurier (New College), clergyman
1833 – Edward Burne-Jones (Exeter), artist and designer
1850 – W. A. B. Coolidge (Exeter and Magdalen), American historian and theologian
1868 – Thomas Charles Williams (Jesus), Calvinistic Methodist minister
1880 – George Chrystal (Balliol), civil servant
1900 – Wilfrid Roberts (Balliol), Liberal and Labour politician
1906 – John Betjeman (Magdalen), poet
1907 – Rupert Hart-Davis (Balliol), editor and publisher
1913 – Robertson Davies (Balliol), Canadian novelist
1913 – Terence Reese (New College), contract bridge player
1914 – Levi Fox (Oriel), Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
1919 – Cecil Clothier (Lincoln), lawyer
1930 – John Bone (St Peter's), Bishop of Reading 1989–96
1934 – Sujata Manohar (Lady Margaret Hall), Indian judge
1947 – Robert Cooper (Worcester), diplomat
1950 – Ronny Tong (St Edmund Hall), member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
1953 – Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies (Wadham), Scottish judge

Deaths

1710 – Joseph Keble (Jesus), law reporter
1738 – John Harris (Jesus and Oriel), Bishop of Llandaff 1728–38
1902 – George Douglas Brown (Balliol), novelist
1916 – William Esson (St John's and Merton), Savilian Professor of Geometry (1897–1916)
1971 – Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (New College), British judge at the Nuremberg Trials
1978 – Kofi Abrefa Busia (University), Prime Minister of Ghana
1988 – Paul Grice (Corpus Christi), philosopher of language
1989 – Robert Reynolds Macintosh, first Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics
1994 – David Wright (Oriel), poet

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

Births

1600 – John Stawell (Queen's), politician and Royalist
1669 – John Anstis (Exeter), Garter King of Arms
1802 – George Alexander Hamilton (Trinity), politician and civil servant
1805 – Frederick Denison Maurice (Exeter), theologian
1884 – William Force Stead (Queen's and Worcester), American diplomat and chaplain of Worcester
1902 – Verrier Elwin (Merton), anthropologist
1918 – Jakie Astor (New College), Conservative politician
1918 – Anthony Crosland (Trinity), Labour politician
1922 – Richard Hare (Trinity), Bishop of Pontefract 1971–92
1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley (Trinity), Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors 1986–96
1937 – Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree (Trinity), Conservative politician
1940 – Adam Roberts (Balliol), academic in the field of international relations
1941 – Frank McLynn (Wadham and St Antony's), historian and writer
1959 – Stephen Wolfram (St John's), physicist and software developer

Deaths

1691 – Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet (Queen's), landowner and politician
1728 – Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton (Magdalen), Irish lawyer and politician
1780 – Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell (Christ Church), politician
1893 – Thomas Morton Harper (Queen's), Jesuit priest and theologian
1916 – Frank Osmond Carr (New College), composer of musical comedies
1930 – William Archibald Spooner (New College), Warden of New College and creator of the Spoonerism
1937 – Bedwyr Lewis Jones (Christ Church), Olympic silver medal winner in rowing
1974 – Harold Arthur Harris (Jesus), classical scholar
1992 – Bedwyr Lewis Jones (Jesus), Welsh language and literature scholar
1994 – Arthur Mourant (Exeter), geneticist
1999 – John Holloway (New College), poet
2008 – Geoffrey Perkins (Lincoln), comedy writer, performer and producer

Other events

1968 – Prince Harald of Norway (now King Harald V) (Balliol) marries Sonja Haraldsen (now Queen Sonja).

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

Births

1804 – George Legh (Christ Church), politician
1833 – Horace Davey, Baron Davey (University), barrister and judge
1855 – William Paton Ker (Balliol and All Souls), Scottish poet and literary scholar
1858 – William Hayter (Brasenose), Dean of Gibraltar 1913–20
1884 – Robert Hay (St John's), Bishop of Buckingham 1944–60
1896 – Raymond Massey (Balliol), Canadian-American actor
1906 – Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford (Lady Margaret Hall), author
1913 – Thomas Torrance (Oriel), theologian
1917 – Denis Healey (Balliol), Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974–79
1922 – J Duncan M Derrett (Jesus), legal academic
1924 – Sir Peter Parker (Lincoln), Chairman of the British Railways Board 1976–83
1930 – Sir Stephen Tumim (Worcester and St Edmund Hall), Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons 1987–95 and Principal of St Edmund Hall 1996–98
1936 – Sir Peter North (Keble and Jesus), legal academic and Principal of Jesus 1984–2005
1942 – Jonathan Aitken (Christ Church), Conservative politician
1944 – Frances Cairncross (St Anne's and Exeter), economist and Rector of Exeter since 2004

Deaths

1717 – William Lloyd (Oriel and Jesus), Bishop of St Asaph 1680–92, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1692˜–99 and Bishop of Worcester 1699–1717
1904 – George Ridding (Balliol and Exeter), Bishop of Southwell 1884–1904
1906 – George Repton, politician
1912 – Decimus Govett (Wadham), Dean of Gibraltar 1905–12
1914 – Ernst Stadler (Magdalen), German poet
1917 – Francis McLaren (Balliol), politician and First World War pilot
1932 – Conway Rees (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
1968 – Charles Bean (Hertford), Australian war correspondent and historian
1977 – Sir Ronald Howe (Christ Church), Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 1953–57
1994 – Lindsay Anderson (Wadham and Magdalen), film and documentary director
2004 – Derek Johnson (Lincoln), Olympic athlete
2010 – Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (Christ Church), Attorney General for England and Wales 1992–97
2015 – Oliver Sacks (Queen's), neurologist and author

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

Births

1708 – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet (New College), politician and lawyer
1736 – David Ellis (Jesus), Welsh clergyman, poet and transcriber of manuscripts
1781 – John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (Christ Church), Home Secretary 1834 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1846–47
1816 – Arthur West Haddan (Brasenose and Trinity), clergyman and ecclesiastical historian
1875 – Arthur Wade-Evans (Jesus), Welsh historian and clergyman
1944 – Liz Forgan (St Hugh's), journalist and broadcasting executive
1948 – Robert Nairac (Lincoln), army officer awarded the George Cross

Other events

1632 – Thomas Walker (St John's and University) is elected Master of University College.
1970 – Edward Akufo-Addo (St Peter's) becomes President of Ghana.
1974 – Imran Khan (Keble) makes his One Day International cricket debut for Pakistan against England.

Deaths

1422 – Henry V of England (Queen's), King of England 1413–22
1700 – William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (Christ Church), politician
1721 – John Keill (Balliol), mathematician
1772 – William Borlase (Exeter), geologist and naturalist
1852 – Richard Bassett (Jesus), Welsh clergyman
1900 – John Bennet Lawes (Brasenose), agricultural scientist
1915 – John Aidan Liddell (Balliol), Royal Flying Corps pilot, awarded the Victoria Cross
1975 – Anthony Williams (Exeter), Bishop of Bermuda 1956–63
1978 – Ronald Wingate (Balliol), colonial administrator
2009 – Frederick Gore (Trinity), painter