WRITER

Richard Baxter

1615 - 1691

Richard Baxter

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. He became one of the most influential leaders of the Nonconformist movement, spending time in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Baxter is the 3,297th most popular writer (down from 2,978th in 2019), the 2,675th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,177th in 2019) and the 300th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Richard Baxter ranks 3,297 out of 7,302. Before him are Donna Tartt, Shen Congwen, Rhianus, E. Pauline Johnson, John Zerzan, and Ka'b ibn Zuhayr. After him are Booker T. Washington, Borislav Pekić, Nataliya Kobrynska, Leopoldo Lugones, Viktor Astafyev, and Alberic of Trois-Fontaines.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1615, Richard Baxter ranks 13. Before him are Govert Flinck, Marguerite of Lorraine, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, and Heinrich Bach. After him is Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg. Among people deceased in 1691, Richard Baxter ranks 13. Before him are George Fox, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Carlo Rainaldi, Cornelis Tromp, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, and Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Isaac de Benserade, Adrien Auzout, and Sultan Bahu.

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Govert Flinck
PAINTER
1615 - 1660
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 7
Marguerite of Lorraine
POLITICIAN
1615 - 1672
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 8
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
ARCHITECT
1615 - 1681
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 9
Madeleine Béjart
ACTOR
1615 - 1672
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 10
Maria Caterina Farnese
POLITICIAN
1615 - 1646
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 11
Heinrich Bach
COMPOSER
1615 - 1692
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 12
Richard Baxter
WRITER
1615 - 1691
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 13
Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1615 - 1690
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 14

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George Fox
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1691
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 7
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois
POLITICIAN
1641 - 1691
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 8
Carlo Rainaldi
ARCHITECT
1611 - 1691
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Rank: 9
Cornelis Tromp
WRITER
1629 - 1691
HPI: 61.97
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Jean-Henri d'Anglebert
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1629 - 1691
HPI: 60.39
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Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1646 - 1691
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 12
Richard Baxter
WRITER
1615 - 1691
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 13
Isaac de Benserade
WRITER
1613 - 1691
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 14
Adrien Auzout
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1622 - 1691
HPI: 57.22
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1630 - 1691
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 16