Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/September 9

Births

• 1747 – Thomas Coke (Jesus), Welsh Methodist minister and bishop
• 1798 – Cosmo Innes (Balliol), Scottish historian
• 1858 – Claude Wilson (Exeter), represented Oxford University in the 1880 FA Cup Final
• 1898 – Beverley Nichols (Balliol), author
• 1911 – John Gorton (Brasenose), Prime Minister of Australia 1968–71
• 1922 – Sir Anthony Parsons (Balliol), diplomat
• 1938 – Richard Sharp (Balliol), England rugby union international
• 1940 – Colin Bennetts (Jesus), Bishop of Coventry 1998–2008
• 1947 – Bryan Sykes (Wolfson, human geneticist
• 1960 – Hugh Grant (New College), actor
• 1968 – Chris Alexander (Balliol), Canadian Conservative politician
• 1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky (Hertford), television presenter
• 1975 – Anton Oliver (Worcester), New Zealand rugby union international
• 1981 – Jamie Schroeder (Christ Church), American rower

Deaths

• 1680 – Henry Marten (University), politician and one of the regicides of King Charles I
• 1880 – Charles Lowder (Exeter), Anglican priest and founder of the Society of the Holy Cross
• 1890 – Henry Liddon (Christ Church and St Edmund Hall), Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture 1870–82
• 1907 – Eugene Lee-Hamilton (Oriel), poet
• 1907 – Ernest Wilberforce (Exeter), Bishop of Newcastle 1882–96, Bishop of Chichester 1896–1907
• 1972 – Sir Harold Hartley (Balliol), physical chemist
• 1997 – John Hackett (New College), British army general
• 2000 – Sir Julian Critchley (Pembroke), Conservative politician