Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 14

Births

• 1721 – John Douglas (Balliol), Bishop of Salisbury 1791–1807
• 1794 – John Gibson Lockhart (Balliol), biographer of Sir Walter Scott
• 1846 – Walter Lock (Corpus Christi, Magdalen and Keble), Warden of Keble 1897–1920
• 1848 – Bernard Bosanquet (Balliol and University), philosopher
• 1868 – Gertrude Bell (Lady Margaret Hall), writer and archeologist
• 1875 – Harold Davidson (Exeter), priest known as "the Prostitutes' Padre"
• 1909 – Arthur Irvine (Oriel), Solicitor General for England and Wales 1967–70
• 1917 – Bryan Ranft (Balliol), naval historian
• 1928 – William Rees-Mogg (Balliol), journalist
• 1938 – Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (Balliol), Conservative politician

Deaths

• 1575 – Richard Taverner (Christ Church, Oxford), Bible translator
• 1929 – Walter Baldwin Spencer (Exeter), biologist and anthropologist
• 1996 – David Garnsey (New College), Bishop of Gippsland 1959–74
• 2005 – Cicely Saunders (St Anne's), nurse and hospice founder