Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/January 26

Births

• 1891 – Wilder Penfield (Merton), Canadian neurosurgeon
• 1910 – Douglas Raikes, cricketer
• 1925 – David Jenkins (Queen's), Bishop of Durham 1984–94
• 1932 – Christopher Price (Queen's), politician
• 1934 – Richard Bowman, cricketer
• 1946 – Christopher Hampton (New College), playwright and film director
• 1951 – Dame Anne Mills (St Hilda's), health economist

Deaths

• 1631 – Henry Briggs (Merton), first Savilian Professor of Geometry 1619–30
• 2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper (Christ Church, Merton and Oriel), Regius Professor of History 1957–80
• 2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (New College), politician

Other events

• 2015 – Libby Lane (St Peter's) is ordained as the first woman bishop in the Church of England.