Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 8

Births

• 1852 – Carsten Peter Thiede (Queen's), German archaeologist and New Testament scholar
• 1860 – George Howson (Merton), headmaster of Gresham's School 1900–19
• 1881 – Oswald Samson (Hertford), cricketer
• 1907 – Richard Fort (New College), Conservative politician
• 1916 – John Poole-Hughes (Hertford), Bishop of Llandaff 1976–85
• 1926 – Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen (Magdalen and All Souls), Warden of All Souls 1977–95, Vice-Chancellor 1985–89
• 1931 – Roger Penrose (Wadham), mathematical physicist
• 1941 – Tyronne Fernando (Keble), Sri Lankan politician

Deaths

• 1672 – Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet (Magdalen Hall), politician
• 1805 – Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet (Corpus Christi), antiquarian and politician
• 1827 – George Canning (Christ Church), Prime Minister for 119 days before his death
• 1940 – Francis Slacke (University), colonial administrator
• 1957 – Fabian S. Woodley (University), poet
• 2001 – Patrick David Wall (Christ Church), neuroscientist
• 2006 – Michael Hurd (Pembroke), composer