Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 20

Births

• 1853 – Charles Lewis (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
• 1927 – John Boardman (Merton and Lincoln), art historian
• 1957 – Simon Donaldson (Worcester and All Souls), mathematician
• 1959 – Andrew Pelling (New College), Conservative politician

Deaths

• 1768 – Joseph Spence (New College), historian and collector of anecdotes
• 1944 – Alfred Hazel (Jesus), lawyer and Principal of Jesus 1925–44
• 1963 – Jorian Jenks (Balliol), farmer and fascist

Other events

• 1448 – William Waynflete founds Magdalen College.