Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/December 22

Births
 * 1696 – James Oglethorpe (Corpus Christi), founder of the Colony of Georgia
 * 1739 – Topham Beauclerk (Trinity), friend of Samuel Johnson
 * 1766 – Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (Trinity), politician
 * 1779 – Thomas Gaisford (Christ Church), classical scholar
 * 1805 – John Obadiah Westwood (Magdalen), entomologist and archaeologist
 * 1840 – Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin (Christ Church), politician
 * 1895 – Adrian Holman (New College), diplomat
 * 1899 – Alexander Valentine (Worcester), Chairman of the London Transport Executive
 * 1920 – Thomas George Adames Baker (Exeter), Dean of Worcester 1975–1986
 * 1922 – Eryl Davies (Jesus), Chief Inspector of Schools for Wales
 * 1936 – James Burke (Jesus), science historian
 * 1941 – John Hattendorf (Pembroke), American naval historian
 * 1944 – Mary Archer (St Anne's), scientist
 * 1954 – Hugh Quarshie (Christ Church), actor
 * 1957 – Stephen Conway (Keble), Bishop of Ramsbury since 2006
 * 1960 – Alex Thomson (University), journalist

Deaths
 * 1681 – Richard Alleine (St Alban Hall and New Inn Hall), clergyman
 * 1843 – John Bigge (Christ Church), judge
 * 1956 – Adair Roche, Baron Roche (Wadham), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
 * 1995 – James Meade (Oriel), winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
 * 2007 – Andrew Glyn (Corpus Christi), economist

Other events
 * 1846 – Charles Edward Grey (University and Oriel) arrives to take up his post as Governor of Jamaica.