Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/June 27

Births

• 1789 – William Hart Coleridge (Christ Church), Bishop of Barbados 1824–1842
• 1840 – Ingram Bywater (Queen's, Exeter and Christ Church), Regius Professor of Greek 1893–1908
• 1886 – Geoffrey Cheshire (Merton, Exeter and All Souls), legal scholar
• 1898 – Henry Gurney (University), British High Commissioner in Malaya 1948–1951
• 1907 – Alan Mocatta (New College), judge
• 1908 – David Davis (Queen's), broadcaster
• 1908 – James MacColl (Balliol), Labour politician
• 1910 – Nicholas Mansergh (Pembroke), historian of Ireland and the British Commonwealth
• 1919 – John Macquarrie (Christ Church), Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity 1970–1986
• 1926 – Michael Alison (Wadham), Conservative politician
• 1938 – Alan Coren (Wadham), humorist and journalist

Deaths

• 1700 – Hugh Owen (Jesus), Welsh clergyman
• 1774 – Nicolas Tindal (Exeter and Trinity), clergyman and translator
• 1890 – James McGarel-Hogg, 1st Baron Magheramorne (Christ Church), politician
• 1913 – Philip Sclater (Christ Church and Corpus Christi), lawyer and zoologist
• 1932 – Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken (Balliol and Hertford), Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India 1883–1909
• 1989 – Alfred Jules Ayer (Christ Church and Magdalen), philosopher and Wykeham Professor of Logic 1959–1978
• 1991 – George MacLeod (Oriel), Church of Scotland minister and founder of the Iona Community

Other events

• 1571 – Jesus College is founded by a charter from Queen Elizabeth I.
• 2007 – Tony Blair (St John's) stands down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.