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Richard Baxter

1615 - 1691

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Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". He made his reputation in the late 1630s by his ministry at Kidderminster in Worcestershire, when he also began a long and prolific career as theological writer. Following the Act of Uniformity 1662, Baxter refused an appointment as Bishop of Hereford and was expelled from the Church of England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Baxter has received more than 382,945 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Baxter is the 2,979th most popular writer (down from 2,906th in 2019), the 2,177th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,190th in 2019) and the 247th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Baxter ranks 2,979 out of 7,302. Before him are Silvio Pellico, James Aldridge, Karim Findi, Germaine Greer, Ibn Manzur, and Bruce Sterling. After him are Yevgeny Baratynsky, Unsuri, Bret Easton Ellis, Laura Bridgman, David Foster Wallace, and Tariq Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Richard Baxter ranks 12. Before him are Marguerite of Lorraine, Govert Flinck, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, and Dara Shukoh. After him are Heinrich Bach, and Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg. Among people deceased in 1691, Richard Baxter ranks 11. Before him are Aelbert Cuyp, Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, George Fox, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Carlo Rainaldi, and Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Isaac de Benserade, Cornelis Tromp, Adrien Auzout, and Sultan Bahu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Baxter ranks 2,177 out of 8,785. Before him are John Needham (1713), E. H. Shepard (1879), Tom Holland (1996), Ronald Colman (1891), Henry Percy (1364), and Patricia Bredin (1935). After him are Michael Powell (1905), Jerry Springer (1944), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Eric Temple Bell (1883), Michael Adams (1971), and Gerald of Wales (1146).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Baxter ranks 247. Before him are Jack Higgins (1929), David Gemmell (1948), Charles Kingsley (1819), Thomas Otway (1652), Angela Carter (1940), and Robert Burton (1577). After him are Wilfred Owen (1893), John Cleland (1709), Lytton Strachey (1880), Caroline Graham (1931), Michael Jackson (1942), and Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925).

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