LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.oxford.gov.uk/

Population:
143,016 (2001 census)

The town in which Oxford University is located. "Oxford had already seen five centuries of borough life before a student appeared within its streets... The university found Oxford a busy, prosperous borough, and reduced it to a cluster of lodging-houses. It found it among the first of English municipalities, and it so utterly crushed its freedom that the recovery of some of the commonest rights of self-government has only been brought about by recent legislation." (John Richard Greene, 19th c. historian).

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Dragon School	1877
Oxford University

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Ashmolean Museum	1643

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Heather Angel	Actor	9-Feb-1909	13-Dec-1986	Lifeboat
Lennox Berkeley	Composer	12-May-1903	26-Dec-1989	Stabat Mater
Sir William Davenant	Poet	1606	7-Apr-1668	Gondibert
Orlando Gibbons	Composer	1583	5-Jun-1625	Late Tudor composer and organist
Colin Greenwood	Bassist	26-Jun-1969		Bassist for Radiohead
Jonny Greenwood	Guitarist	5-Nov-1971		Guitarist for Radiohead
J. B. S. Haldane	Biologist	5-Nov-1892	1-Dec-1964	Haldane's principle
Tom Hollander	Actor	25-Aug-1967		Gosford Park
P. D. James	Novelist	3-Aug-1920	27-Nov-2014	Adam Dalgliesh series, etc.
Theo James	Actor	16-Dec-1984		Jed Harper on Bedlam
Lisa Jardine	Historian	12-Apr-1944	25-Oct-2015	Francis Bacon: Discovery and the Art of Discourse
Toby Jones	Actor	7-Sep-1967		Voice of Dobby the Elf
John C. Kendrew	Chemist	24-Mar-1917	23-Aug-1997	Determined structure of myoglobin
Hugh Laurie	Actor	11-Jun-1959		Jeeves and Wooster, House
Yasmin Le Bon	Model	29-Oct-1964		Fashion model, wife of Simon Le Bon
Mark Lester	Actor	11-Jul-1958		Oliver!
Miriam Margolyes	Actor	18-May-1941		The Age of Innocence
Ed O'Brien	Guitarist	15-Apr-1968		Guitar, shaky things for Radiohead
"Legs" Larry Smith	Musician	18-Jan-1944		Hello Sausage
E. P. Thompson	Historian	3-Feb-1924	28-Aug-1993	The Making of the English Working Class
Anthony à Wood	Historian	17-Dec-1632	29-Nov-1695	Oxford historian

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gerald Aylmer	Historian	30-Apr-1926	17-Dec-2000	The King's Servants
Roger Bacon	Philosopher	c. 1220	1292	Doctor Mirabilis
John Bainbridge	Astronomer	1582	3-Nov-1643	Description of the late Comet
William Beveridge	Economist	5-Mar-1879	16-Mar-1963	Social Insurance and Allied Services
Robert Bridges	Poet	23-Oct-1844	21-Apr-1930	Prometheus the Firegiver
P. A. Brunt	Historian	23-Jun-1917	5-Nov-2005	Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic
Robert Burton	Author	8-Feb-1577	25-Jan-1640	The Anatomy of Melancholy
Joyce Cary	Novelist	6-Dec-1888	29-Mar-1957	The Horse's Mouth
Anthony Crosland	Politician	29-Aug-1918	19-Feb-1977	UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77
Richard Dalitz	Physicist	28-Feb-1925	13-Jan-2006	Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots
R. R. Davies	Historian	6-Aug-1938	16-May-2005	Conquest, Coexistence and Change
Francis Edgeworth	Mathematician	8-Feb-1845	13-Feb-1926	Pure Theory of Taxation
Richard Ellmann	Critic	15-Mar-1918	13-May-1987	James Joyce
Charles Elton	Scientist	29-Mar-1900	1-May-1991	Animal Ecology
Edward Evans-Pritchard	Anthropologist	21-Sep-1902	11-Sep-1973	Theories of Primitive Religion
Samuel E. Finer	Historian	22-Sep-1915	9-Jun-1993	Theory and Practice of Modern Government
Tenney Frank	Economist	19-May-1876	3-Apr-1939	An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome
Thomas Gaisford	Scholar	22-Dec-1779	2-Jun-1855	English classical scholar
T. H. Green	Philosopher	7-Apr-1836	26-Mar-1882	Prolegomena to Ethics
John Scott Haldane	Doctor	3-May-1860	14-Mar-1936	Breathing regulated by CO2
Michael Hordern	Actor	3-Oct-1911	2-May-1995	The Slipper and the Rose
P. D. James	Novelist	3-Aug-1920	27-Nov-2014	Adam Dalgliesh series, etc.
Leszek Kolakowski	Philosopher	23-Oct-1927	17-Jul-2009	Polish refugee philosopher
Patrick Lichfield	Photographer	25-Apr-1939	11-Nov-2005	Prominent British photographer
Garrett Mattingly	Historian	6-May-1900	18-Dec-1962	Renaissance Diplomacy
Iris Murdoch	Novelist	15-Jul-1919	8-Feb-1999	The Sea, the Sea
Otto Neurath	Sociologist	10-Dec-1882	22-Dec-1945	Vienna Circle positivist
Walter Pater	Critic	4-Aug-1839	30-Jul-1894	Marius the Epicurean
Rudolf Peierls	Physicist	5-Jun-1907	19-Sep-1995	Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
Barbara Pym	Novelist	2-Jun-1913	11-Jan-1980	Some Tame Gazelle
Abdus Salam	Physicist	29-Jan-1926	21-Nov-1996	Electroweak Theory
Moira Shearer	Dancer	17-Jan-1926	31-Jan-2006	The Red Shoes
Ronald Syme	Historian	11-Mar-1903	4-Sep-1989	The Roman Revolution
Nikolaas Tinbergen	Zoologist	15-Apr-1907	21-Dec-1988	Grand Master of Ethology
John Wallis	Mathematician	23-Nov-1616	28-Oct-1703	Arithmetica Infinitorum
Thomas Warton	Poet	9-Jan-1728	21-May-1790	English Poet Laureate, 1785-90
Penry Williams	Historian	25-Feb-1925	30-Apr-2013	The Tudor Regime
Anthony à Wood	Historian	17-Dec-1632	29-Nov-1695	Oxford historian
John Zachary Young	Zoologist	18-Mar-1907	4-Jul-1997	British zoological neurologist

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