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

Births

• 1929 – Kwesi Dickson (Mansfield), Ghanaian Methodist priest and theologian
• 1939 – Erika Cheetham (St Anne's), medieval scholar
• 1945 – Michael Ancram (Christ Church), Conservative politician
• 1961 – David Faber (Balliol), Conservative politician and schoolmaster
• 1965 – Zoë Heller (St Anne's), novelist

Deaths

• 1713 – Henry Compton (Queen's), Bishop of London 1675–1713
• 1764 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (Christ Church), politician, sometimes said to have been Prime Minister for two days
• 1881 – Claude Wilson (Exeter), footballer who played for Oxford University A.F.C. in the 1880 FA Cup Final and twice for the England team
• 1948 – Edward Lisle Strutt (Christ Church), soldier and mountaineer
• 2007 – Ion Calvocoressi (Magdalen), army officer and stockbroker
• 2007 – Donald Michie (Balliol), researcher in artificial intelligence
• 2007 – Michael Spurway (Christ Church), cricketer and civil servant