Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/December 16

Births

• 1714 – George Whitefield (Pembroke), American Methodist preacher
• 1821 – Frederick William Cadogan (Oriel), barrister and politician
• 1869 – Albert Pollard (Jesus), historian
• 1897 – Jacobus Duminy, South African international cricketer
• 1902 – Thomas Raikes, cricketer
• 1913 – George Ignatieff, Russian-born Canadian diplomat
• 1928 – Peter Nailor (Wadham), civil servant and academic
• 1941 – Roger Wheeler (Hertford), Chief of the General Staff 1997–2000
• 1949 – Heather Hallett (St Hugh's), Lady Justice of Appeal

Other events

• 1653 – Oliver Cromwell (Chancellor of the University) becomes Lord Protector.
• 1957 – Feroz Khan Noon becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan.
• 1993 – Kamisese Mara (Wadham) becomes President of Fiji.

Deaths

• 1360 – Richard FitzRalph (Balliol), Archbishop of Armagh, Vice-Chancellor and Chancellor of the University
• 1631 – Robert Bolton (Lincoln), clergyman and academic
• 1687 – William Petty (Brasenose), economist
• 1798 – Thomas Pennant (Oriel), Welsh naturalist and antiquary
• 1811 – Charles Moss (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1807–1811
• 1893 – Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss (Brasenose), rower and politician
• 1897 – William Terriss (Jesus), actor
• 1905 – Clement Courtenay Knollys (Magdalen), British colonial administrator
• 1944 – Philip Guedalla (Balliol), barrister and biographer
• 1952 – Ian Akers-Douglas, cricketer
• 1977 – James Page (Jesus), Secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association
• 1998 – Kenyon Jones (Jesus), Welsh international rugby player
• 2005 – Anthony Barber, Baron Barber (Oriel), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970–1974