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