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

Births

• 1696 – James Oglethorpe (Corpus Christi), founder of the Colony of Georgia
• 1739 – Topham Beauclerk (Trinity), friend of Samuel Johnson
• 1766 – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (Trinity), politician
• 1779 – Thomas Gaisford (Christ Church), classical scholar
• 1805 – John Obadiah Westwood (Magdalen), entomologist and archaeologist
• 1840 – Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (Christ Church), politician
• 1895 – Adrian Holman (New College), diplomat
• 1899 – Alexander Valentine (Worcester), Chairman of the London Transport Executive
• 1920 – Thomas George Adames Baker (Exeter), Dean of Worcester 1975–1986
• 1922 – Eryl Davies (Jesus), Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales
• 1936 – James Burke (Jesus), science historian
• 1941 – John Hattendorf (Pembroke), American naval historian
• 1944 – Mary Archer (St Anne's), scientist
• 1954 – Hugh Quarshie (Christ Church), actor
• 1957 – Stephen Conway (Keble), Bishop of Ramsbury since 2006
• 1960 – Alex Thomson (University), journalist

Deaths

• 1681 – Richard Alleine (St Alban Hall and New Inn Hall), clergyman
• 1843 – John Bigge (Christ Church), judge
• 1956 – Adair Roche, Baron Roche (Wadham), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
• 1995 – James Meade (Oriel), winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
• 2007 – Andrew Glyn (Corpus Christi), economist

Other events

• 1846 – Charles Edward Grey (University and Oriel) arrives to take up his post as Governor of Jamaica.