Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 24

Births

• 1423 – Thomas Rotherham, co-founder of Lincoln College, Oxford and Archbishop of York 1480–1500
• 1854 – John Owen (Jesus), Bishop of St David's 1897–1926
• 1862 – Arthur Turner (Keble), Bishop in Korea 1905–10
• 1872 – Max Beerbohm (Merton), essayist and caricaturist
• 1872 – Sir David Reid, 1st Baronet (New College), politician
• 1878 – James Masterton-Smith (Hertford), civil servant
• 1889 – Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow (Magdalen), Attorney General for England and Wales 1936–45
• 1905 – Dingle Foot (Balliol), lawyer and politician
• 1917 – John Taylor (Brasenose), Nigerian judge
• 1921 – Keith Dalziel (Wolfson), biochemist
• 1921 – Eric Simms (Merton), ornithologist and writer
• 1926 – Giles Bullard (Balliol), diplomat
• 1929 – John Mackintosh (Balliol), Labour politician
• 1934 – Norman Myers (Keble), environmentalist
• 1936 – A. S. Byatt (Somerville), novelist
• 1938 – Hugh Wright (Queen's), teacher
• 1952 – Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (Balliol), diplomat
• 1956 – Robert Ellis (Regent's Park), Principal of Regent's Park
• 1966 – Nick Denton (University), journalist and internet entrepreneur

Deaths

• 1587 – Richard Barnes (Brasenose), Bishop of Durham 1577–87
• 1594 – William Reynolds (New College), theologian
• 1630 – Sebastian Benefield (Corpus Christi), Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity 1613–14
• 1670 – William Neile (Wadham), mathematician
• 1683 – John Owen (Queen's and Christ Church), Vice-Chancellor of the University 1652–60
• 1798 – Thomas Alcock (Brasenose), clergyman and writer
• 1865 – Samuel Rickards (Oriel), clergyman
• 1876 – Thomas Corser (Balliol), clergyman and scholar
• 1947 – Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet (Oriel), Conservative politician
• 1954 – Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone (Balliol), barrister and judge
• 1957 – Ronald Knox (Balliol and Trinity), theologian and crime writer
• 1960 – Henry Vodden (Exeter), Bishop of Hull 1934–57
• 1962 – Henry Ley (Keble), organist
• 1968 – Bailey Davies (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
• 1978 – Kathleen Kenyon (Somerville and St Hugh's), archaeologist and Principal of St Hugh's 1962–73
• 1988 – Kenneth Leighton (Queen's), composer
• 1993 – James Munro Bertram (New College), New Zealand journalist
• 1996 – Eric Heaton (St John's and Christ Church), Dean of Christ Church 1979–91
• 1998 – Ralph Freeman (Worcester), civil engineer
• 2002 – Hugh Cruttwell (Hertford), principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
• 2003 – Wilfred Thesiger (Magdalen), explorer
• 2007 – Mark Birley (University), founder of Annabel's nightclub