Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 15

Births

• 1771 – Sir Arthur Paget (Christ Church), diplomat
• 1852 – Ernest Hardy (Exeter and Jesus), classicist and Principal of Jesus College 1921–25
• 1875 – Aubrey Lawrence (Christ Church), barrister
• 1875 – Tom George Longstaff (Christ Church), doctor and mountaineer
• 1914 – Hugh Trevor-Roper (Christ Church and Merton), historian and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1980–87
• 1918 – David George Kendall (Queen's and Magdalen), statistician
• 1921 – John Terraine (Keble), military historian
• 1933 – Frank Bough (Merton), television sports presenter
• 1941 – Colin Matthew (Christ Church), historian
• 1943 – Philip Bushill-Matthews (University), politician
• 1957 – Andrew Tyrie (Trinity and Nuffield), politician

Deaths

• 1792 – Sir Thomas Cave, 7th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
• 1869 – Sir Henry Ellis (St John's), librarian
• 1915 – William Shepherd Allen (Wadham), politician
• 1926 – Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston (University), Home Secretary 1902–05
• 1929 – William Boyd Dawkins (Jesus), geologist and archeologist
• 1936 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Governor-General of Australia 1920–25
• 1975 – Sydney Goodsir Smith (Oriel), poet
• 1992 – Sylvester Houédard (Jesus), Benedictine monk and poet
• 1996 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (Corpus Christi), King of Lesotho 1970–96
• 2009 – H. B. Mayo, Canadian political scientist