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

Births

• 1690 – Richard Rawlinson (St John's), antiquarian and founder of the position of Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon
• 1830 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Christ Church), three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1844 – Frederick Spurling (Wadham and Keble), priest and theologian
• 1853 – George W. E. Russell (University), politician
• 1859 – John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner (Balliol and Magdalen), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
• 1872 – Francis Cole (Jesus), zoologist
• 1875 – Sir James Peck (Christ Church), civil servant
• 1903 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (Balliol), nobleman and aviator
• 1906 – John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud (New College and University), civil servant and diplomat
• 1911 – Sir Ralph Freeman (Worcester), civil engineer
• 1912 – John Bryan Ward-Perkins (New College and Magdalen), archeologist and architectural historian
• 1932 – Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricketer
• 1932 – Stuart Hall (Merton), cultural theorist
• 1933 – Paul Sarbanes (Balliol), US Senator
• 1933 – Rex Nettleford (Oriel), Jamaican academic and choreographer
• 1935 – Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim (Christ Church)
• 1940 – T. P. Wiseman (Balliol), classical scholar
• 1957 – Eric Lander, American biologist
• 1966 – John Hillen (St Antony's) US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs 2005–07

Deaths

• 1762 – Beau Nash (Jesus), dandy and leader of fashion in Bath
• 1804 – Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet (Trinity), politician
• 1857 – Robert Wilberforce (Oriel), priest
• 1945 – Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood (Balliol), writer and politician
• 1967 – Sir Frederick Geoffrey Lawrence (New College), barrister and judge
• 1987 – Dick Sale, cricketer