Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/July 10

Births

• 1792 – John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare (Christ Church), Governor of Bombay 1831–35
• 1875 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley (Merton), novelist and inventor of the clerihew
• 1887 – Henry Vodden (Exeter), Bishop of Hull 1934–57
• 1910 – Thomas C. Mendenhall (Balliol), American historian and rower
• 1920 – David Nicolson, 4th Baron Carnock (Balliol), soldier and clan chief
• 1951 – Judy Mallaber (St Anne's), Labour politician
• 1953 – Richard Lancelyn Green (University), Sherlock Holmes scholar
• 1955 – Robert P. George, American legal philosopher
• 1978 – Soweto Kinch (Hertford), jazz saxophonist

Deaths

• 1615 – Henry Neville (Merton), courtier and diplomat
• 1686 – John Fell (Christ Church), Bishop of Oxford 1676–86
• 1893 – Henry Nettleship (Corpus Christi and Lincoln), classical scholar
• 1905 – Montagu Burrows (Magdalen Hall and All Souls), Chichele Professor of Modern History 1862–1905
• 1916 – Robert Bickersteth (Corpus Christi), Liberal politician
• 1916 – Foster Cunliffe (New College and All Souls), cricketer and historian
• 1916 – Denys Dobson, English rugby international
• 1965 – Leslie Wormwald (Magdalen), Olympic rower
• 2010 – John Coates (Queen's), naval architect