Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/December 25

Births
 * 1843 – Edward Ellis Morris (Lincoln), writer
 * 1902 – Gerald Thesiger (Magdalen), High Court judge
 * 1916 – John McManners (St Edmund Hall and All Souls), historian of religion
 * 1919 – Abu Rushd, Bangladeshi author
 * 1944 – Nigel Starmer-Smith (University), rugby union player and commentator
 * 1965 – Edward Davey (Jesus), Liberal Democrat politician
 * 1966 – Stephen Twigg (Balliol), Labour politician

Deaths
 * 1676 – Matthew Hale (Magdalen Hall), Lord Chief Justice 1671–1676
 * 1758 – James Hervey (Lincoln), clergyman
 * 1890 – William Thomson (Queen's), Archbishop of York 1862–1890
 * 1916 – James Round (Christ Church), cricketer and politician
 * 1988 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (Trinity), lepidopterist
 * 2004 – James Hunter Blair (Balliol), Scottish historic preservationist
 * 2005 – John Hayes (Keble), art historian and museum director