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

Births

• 1746 – Lord Henry Seymour-Conway (Hertford and Merton), politician
• 1778 – John Penrose (Corpus Christi), clergyman and theological writer
• 1823 – Edward Clarke Lowe (Magdalen Hall and Lincoln), educator
• 1870 – George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley (New College), barrister and politician
• 1889 – Vivian Hunter Galbraith (Balliol), historian
• 1892 – J. Paul Getty (Magdalen), oilman and philanthropist
• 1907 – Richard Crossman (New College), Labour Party cabinet minister
• 1913 – Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist
• 1914 – Anatole Abragam (Merton and Jesus), French physicist
• 1928 – William Dickey (Jesus), American poet
• 1930 – Ian Grant (Wadham), physicist
• 1945 – Ivor Crewe (Exeter), Master of University College
• 1946 – Henrietta Knight, racehorse trainer
• 1954 – Alex Cox, film director

Deaths

• 1631 – Theodore Price (All Souls, Jesus and Hart Hall), Welsh clergyman and academic
• 1715 – George Hickes (St John's, Magdalen, Magdalen Hall and Lincoln), priest and scholar
• 1749 – William Fortescue (Trinity), Master of the Rolls 1741–1749
• 1761 – John Willes (Trinity), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1737–1761
• 1893 – Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective (Christ Church), Anglo-Irish politician
• 1910 – John Hugh Jones (Jesus), Welsh Catholic priest and writer
• 1978 – Arthur Irvine (Oriel), Solicitor General for England and Wales 1967–1970
• 1981 – Claud Cockburn (Keble), journalist

Other events

• 1921 – Alexander Briant (Hart Hall) and Ralph Sherwin (Exeter) are beatified by Pope Pius XI.