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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 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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  • 20

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  • 4.00

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  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Richard Baxter ranks 2,917 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Richard Baxter ranks 12Before 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 13Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Baxter ranks 2,196 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Baxter ranks 249Before 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).