1615 - 1691
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 349,486 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richard Baxter is the 2,917th most popular writer (up from 2,953rd in 2019), the 2,196th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,209th in 2019) and the 249th most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Baxter ranks 2,917 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Igor Gouzenko, Huseyn Javid, Yasmina Khadra, Peter James, and Giacomo da Lentini. After him are Hermann Rauschning, Marjorie Boulton, Ales Adamovich, Censorinus, Gary Snyder, and Jurij Brězan.
1532 - 1589
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 2,911
1919 - 1982
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 2,912
1882 - 1941
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,913
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,914
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,915
1210 - 1260
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,916
1615 - 1691
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,917
1887 - 1982
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,918
1924 - 2017
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,919
1927 - 1994
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,920
250 - 250
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,921
1930 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,922
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 2,923
Among people born in 1615, Richard Baxter ranks 12. Before him are Govert Flinck, Marguerite of Lorraine, Madeleine Béjart, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Maria Caterina Farnese, and Dara Shukoh. After him are Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg and Heinrich Bach. Among people deceased in 1691, Richard Baxter ranks 13. Before him are George Fox, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Cornelis Tromp, Carlo Rainaldi, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Jean-Henri d'Anglebert. After him are Adrien Auzout and Isaac de Benserade.
1615 - 1660
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 6
1615 - 1672
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 7
1615 - 1672
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 8
1615 - 1681
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 9
1615 - 1646
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 10
1615 - 1659
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 11
1615 - 1691
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 12
1615 - 1690
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 13
1615 - 1692
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 14
1624 - 1691
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 7
1641 - 1691
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 8
1629 - 1691
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 9
1611 - 1691
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 10
1646 - 1691
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 11
1629 - 1691
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 12
1615 - 1691
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 13
1622 - 1691
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 14
1613 - 1691
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Baxter ranks 2,196 out of 7,765. Before him are Sharon Osbourne (1952), Alexander William Williamson (1824), Amy Johnson (1903), Robert Harris (1957), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), and Peter James (1948). After him are Marjorie Boulton (1924), Norman Wisdom (1915), John Canton (1718), Noel Redding (1945), Peter Mayle (1939), and Roy Salvadori (1922).
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 2,190
1824 - 1904
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 2,191
1903 - 1941
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,192
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 2,193
1406 - 1455
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,194
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 2,195
1615 - 1691
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,196
1924 - 2017
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 2,197
1915 - 2010
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 2,198
1718 - 1772
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 2,199
1945 - 2003
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 2,200
1939 - 2018
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,201
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 2,202
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Baxter ranks 249. Before him are Ephraim Chambers (1680), Thomas Kyd (1558), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), John Ford (1586), Robert Harris (1957), and Peter James (1948). After him are Marjorie Boulton (1924), Peter Mayle (1939), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), William Robertson Smith (1846), and Michael Bond (1926).
1680 - 1740
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 243
1558 - 1594
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 244
1915 - 2011
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 245
1586 - 1639
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 246
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 247
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 248
1615 - 1691
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 249
1924 - 2017
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 250
1939 - 2018
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 251
1593 - 1633
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 252
1894 - 1984
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 253
1846 - 1894
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 254
1926 - 2017
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 255