Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 4

Births

• 1839 – Walter Pater (Queen's), writer and critic
• 1843 – Sir Gabriel Goldney, 2nd Baronet (Exeter), barrister and judge
• 1869 – Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet (Oriel), politician
• 1908 – Osbert Lancaster (Lincoln), cartoonist
• 1924 – Antony Rowe (Trinity), Olympic rower
• 1938 – Simon Preston (Christ Church), organist
• 1949 – Danny Williams (Keble), Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003–10
• 1953 – Charles Kent (Worcester), England rugby union international

Deaths

• 1737 – John King (Christ Church), clergyman
• 1888 – John Burgon (Worcester), Dean of Chichester 1876–88
• 1907 – John Andrew Doyle (Balliol and All Souls), English historian of America
• 1917 – Noel Godfrey Chavasse (Trinity), army medical doctor awarded the Victoria Cross twice for his heroism
• 1994 – Solomon Adler, economist and Russian spy
• 2001 – Joseph Cooper (Keble), pianist and broadcaster