Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/February 1

Births

• 1261 – Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter 1308–26 and founder of Exeter College in 1314
• 1930 – Sir Peter Tapsell (Merton), politician and Father of the House
• 1942 – Terry Jones (St Edmund Hall), comedian and member of Monty Python
• 1951 – Andrew Smith (St John's), politician

Deaths

• 1590 – Lawrence Humphrey (Magdalen), Regius Professor of Divinity 1560–89, President of Magdalen 1561–89 and Vice-Chancellor 1571–76
• 1734 – Sir John Floyer (Queen's), physician