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On this day
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
.