Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/December 7

Births

• 1834 – Edward Charles Wickham (New College), Dean of Lincoln
• 1888 – Joyce Cary (Trinity), Irish novelist
• 1920 – John Hawkesworth, English television and film producer
• 1941 – Peter Selby (St John's), Bishop of Worcester
• 1983 – Salil Oberoi, Indian-born cricketer

Deaths

• 1683 – John Oldham, English poet
• 1957 – Maurice Jones (Jesus), Principal of St David's College, Lampeter
• 1978 – Charles Symonds (New College), British neurologist

Other events

• 1860 – Monier Williams is elected as Boden Professor of Sanskrit after a fiercely fought campaign against Max Müller.

• 2007 – The Golden Compass, a film based on Philip Pullman's book Northern Lights and partly set at a fictional Jordan College, Oxford, is released.