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Births
1746 –
John Gutch
(
All Souls
and
Corpus Christi
),
University Registrar
1797–1824
1834 –
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
(
All Souls
), writer who originated the phrase "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
1845 –
Robert Torrens O'Neill
(
Brasenose
), politician
1894 –
Geoffrey Jackson
(
Balliol
), cricketer
1900 –
Philip Bell
(
Queen's
), lawyer and politician
1911 –
Norman Heatley
(
Lincoln
), scientist who helped develop penicillin
1916 –
William Buchan, 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir
(
New College
), writer
1925 –
Geoffrey Keighley
(
Trinity
), cricketer, lawyer and politician
1927 –
Harry Edwards
, Australian politician
1928 –
Peter Mathias
(
All Souls
),
Chichele Professor of Economic History
1936 –
Walter Bodmer
, Principal of
Hertford
1996–2005
1938 –
Donald Knuth
(
Magdalen
), computer scientist
1947 –
Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
(
University
and
Nuffield
), politician
1976 –
Khairy Jamaluddin
(
St Hugh's
), Malaysian politician
Deaths
1645 –
William Laud
(
St John's
),
Chancellor of the University
1630–41 and
Archbishop of Canterbury
1633–45
1787 –
Harry Peckham
(
New College
), lawyer who helped to draft the laws of cricket
1931 –
Lord Francis Hervey
(
Balliol
and
Hertford
), barrister and politician
1936 –
Raleigh Grey
(
Brasenose
), soldier and businessman
1984 –
Alasdair Clayre
(
Christ Church
and
All Souls
), singer-songwriter and author
1986 –
Martin Stevens
(
Trinity
), politician
1987 –
Ian Harvey
(
Christ Church
), businessman and politician
1997 –
Alexander R. Todd
(
Oriel
), Scottish biochemist
2006 –
Alethea Hayter
(
Lady Margaret Hall
), author and
British Council
representative
2010 –
Crispin Sorhaindo
(
Trinity
), fourth
President of Dominica
2011 –
John Gross
(
Wadham
), author and critic