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Richard Baxter

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English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer

United KingdomWritersLived 1615 to 1691 · aged 76
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Richard Baxter was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".

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Baxter's house in Bridgnorth, ShropshireBaxter's house in Bridgnorth, ShropshireTitle page of a 1657 edition of The Reformed Pastor.Title page of a 1657 edition of The Reformed Pastor.18th-century engraving of Richard Baxter, after a 17th-century portrait by John Riley.18th-century engraving of Richard Baxter, after a 17th-century portrait by John Riley.Richard Baxter Statue at St Mary's Church, KidderminsterRichard Baxter Statue at St Mary's Church, Kidderminster

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Richard Baxter 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 a theological writer.

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United Kingdom
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Writers
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Lived 1615 to 1691 · aged 76
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