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

Births

• 1621 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (Exeter), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1661–72
• 1737 – Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (Christ Church), diplomat
• 1830 – Richard Copley Christie (Lincoln), lawyer and university academic
• 1844 – William Archibald Spooner (New College), Warden of New College 1903–24 and creator of the "Spoonerism"
• 1849 – Frederick Maddison (Brasenose), England international footballer
• 1869 – Walter Gilliat, England international footballer
• 1902 – Lorne MacLaine Campbell (Merton), winner of the Victoria Cross
• 1926 – J. I. Packer (Corpus Christi), Canadian theologian
• 1932 – Thomas Skidmore, American historian of Brazil
• 1930 – Neil Smelser, American sociologist
• 1950 – Susan Kramer (St Hilda's), Liberal Democrat politician
• 1976 – Alexander Fiske-Harrison, actor, writer and bullfighter
• 1981 – Robin Bourne-Taylor (Christ Church), international rower

Deaths

• 1581 – Richard Cox (Cardinal College and Christ Church), Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1547–52 and Bishop of Ely 1559–81
• 1813 – George Shaw (Magdalen Hall), botanist and zoologist
• 1871 – Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet (Christ Church), politician
• 1932 – J. Meade Falkner (Hertford), novelist and poet
• 1937 – A. G. Edwards (Jesus), Archbishop of Wales 1920–34
• 1945 – George Hogg (Wadham), adventurer
• 1970 – Leonard Wilson (Queen's and Wycliffe Hall), Bishop of Birmingham 1953–69
• 1981 – John Le Patourel (Jesus), historian