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On this day
Births
1834 –
Edward Charles Wickham
(
New College
),
Dean of Lincoln
1888 –
Joyce Cary
(
Trinity
), Irish novelist
1920 –
John Hawkesworth
, English television and film producer
1941 –
Peter Selby
(
St John's
),
Bishop of Worcester
1983 –
Salil Oberoi
, Indian-born cricketer
Deaths
1683 –
John Oldham
, English poet
1957 –
Maurice Jones
(
Jesus
), Principal of
St David's College, Lampeter
1978 –
Charles Symonds
(
New College
), British
neurologist
Other events
1860 –
Monier Williams
is elected
as
Boden Professor of Sanskrit
after a fiercely fought campaign against
Max Müller
.
2007 –
The Golden Compass
, a film based on
Philip Pullman
's book
Northern Lights
and partly set at a fictional
Jordan College, Oxford
, is released.