Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/September 22

Births

• 1801 – Andrew Bloxam (Worcester, clergyman and naturalist
• 1807 – Henry William Wilberforce (Oriel), Anglican clergyman who became a Roman Catholic
• 1834 – William Des Vœux (Balliol), British colonial governor of Fiji, Newfoundland and Hong Kong
• 1837 – Thomas Charles Edwards (Lincoln), first principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
• 1879 – Warren Fisher (Hertford), civil servant
• 1881 – Ridley Duppuy (Keble), Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong 1920–32
• 1915 – Samuel Finer (Trinity and Balliol), political historian
• 1915 – Thomas Williams (St Catherine's), Labour politician and judge
• 1919 – Robin Gandy (Wolfson), mathematician and logician
• 1920 – Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele (New College), businessman
• 1931 – Andrew Saunders (Magdalen), Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings 1973–89
• 1931 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie (New College), politician and banker
• 1939 – Deborah Lavin (Lady Margaret Hall), historian
• 1968 – Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (St Cross), Romanian politician and historian

Deaths

• 1906 – Griffith Arthur Jones (Jesus), Welsh priest
• 1919 – Benjamin Bickley Rogers (Wadham), classical scholar
• 1956 – Frederick Soddy (Merton), radiochemist
• 1990 – Michael Swann (Oriel), molecular and cell biologist, and Provost of Oriel
• 1995 – Albert Goodwin (Jesus), historian
• 2003 – Hugo Young (Balliol), journalist
• 2007 – Richard Hornby (Trinity), Conservative politician and businessman