Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 18

Births
 * 1605 – Henry Hammond (Magdalen), clergyman
 * 1809 – William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (Christ Church), nobleman and racehorse owner
 * 1818 – James Fraser (Lincoln and Oriel), Bishop of Manchester 1870–85
 * 1858 – Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers (Oriel), Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1924–31
 * 1880 – Harold Rushworth (Jesus), New Zealand politician
 * 1897 – Enid Starkie (Somerville), Irish academic of French literature
 * 1911 – Henry Summers (Trinity), civil servant and poet
 * 1920 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (Trinity), lepidopterist
 * 1934 – Michael de Larrabeiti (Keble), novelist and travel writer
 * 1936 – David Leaning (Keble), Provost then Dean of Southwell Minster 1991–2006
 * 1940 – Stanley Johnson (Exeter), Conservative politician and writer
 * 1948 – John Scarlett (Magdalen), Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service 2004–2009
 * 1955 – Richard Cheetham (Corpus Christi), Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames since 2002
 * 1973 – Victoria Coren (St John's), journalist and poker player

Deaths
 * 1385 – William Reade (Exeter and Merton), Bishop of Chichester 1368–85
 * 1681 – Thomas Allen (St John's), politician and lawyer
 * 1910 – Edward Wickham (New College), Dean of Lincoln 1894–1910
 * 1953 – Archibald Rowlands (Jesus), civil servant
 * 1973 – Christopher Nyholm Shawcross (University), lawyer and Labour politician
 * 1976 – Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (New College), landowner
 * 1985 – Michael Long (Jesus), judge
 * 1988 – Michael Perrin (New College), director of the first British atomic bomb programme

Other events
 * 1892 – H. H. Asquith (Balliol) is appointed Home Secretary by William Gladstone.
 * 1977 – Roy Jenkins (Balliol) becomes President of the European Commission.