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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