1950 Birthday Jon Provost, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, known for childhood role as Timmy Martin on television series, Lassie 1930 Birthday Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador, to U.S. 1929 Birthday Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford 1926 Birthday Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus, Blackburn 1912 Birthday James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh 1889 Birthday A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball 1865 Death John Henry Winder, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General/provost marshal, dies at 64
