Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 13

Births

• 1788 – Sir John Buxton, 2nd Baronet (Christ Church), politician
• 1823 – Goldwin Smith (Magdalen and University), Regius Professor of Modern History 1858–66 and advocate of university reform
• 1867 – William Craigie (Oriel), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon 1916–25
• 1872 – John Maria Gatti (St John's), theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman
• 1903 – Nigel Cornwall (Oriel), Bishop of Borneo 1949–62
• 1904 – Sir Humphrey Waldock (Brasenose and All Souls), Chichele Professor of Public International Law 1947–72, President of the International Court of Justice 1979–81
• 1912 – Geoffrey Hugo Lampe (Exeter), theologian and Cambridge professor
• 1946 – G. L. Peiris (New College), Sri Lankan politician
• 1973 – Mara Yamauchi (St Anne's), long-distance runner

Deaths

• 1595 – William Freeman (Magdalen), Catholic priest and martyr
• 1855 – Richard Bourke (Christ Church), Governor of New South Wales 1831–37
• 1929 – Ray Lankester (Christ Church and Exeter), zoologist
• 1976 – Robert Stopford (Hertford), Bishop of Peterborough 1956–61 and Bishop of London 1961–73
• 2003 – Michael Maclagan (Trinity), historian and officer of arms