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Richard BAXTER 1615-91

Biographical Note

Born in the village of Rowton, Shropshire, son of Richard Baxter (d.1663) of Eaton Constantine, Shropshire, and Beatrice Adeney (d.1635). Baxter did not receive a university education but had a voracious appetite for books and ‘became one of the most learned of seventeenth-century divines’ (ODNB). Schoolmaster in Dudley, Worcestershire; assistant to William Madstard, vicar of Bridgnorth, Shropshire 1639. Vicar of Kidderminster, Worcestershire 1648 (ejected 1662); licensed to preach in London, 1672. A hugely influential devotional author, and a leading figure in late 17th-century English nonconformity.

Books

Baxter's surviving library catalogue shows him to have had a collection of ca.1500 volumes.

Sources

Cambers, A. Godly reading, Cambridge, 2011, 131.
Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006, II 179-80.
Keeble, N. H. "Baxter, Richard (1615–1691), ejected minister and religious writer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Matthews, A. G. Calamy revised. Oxford, 1934.
Nuttall, G. A transcript of Richard Baxter’s library catalogue, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 2 (1951), 207-21, 3 (1952) 74-100.

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-Born in the village of [[place of birth::Rowton, Shropshire]], son of [[family::Richard Baxter]] (d.[[date of death::1663]]) of [[location::Eaton Constantine]], [[location::Shropshire]], and [[family::Beatrice Adeney]] (d.[[date of death::1635]]). Baxter did not receive a university education but had a voracious appetite for books and ‘became one of the most learned of seventeenth-century divines’ (''ODNB''). [[occupation::Schoolmaster]] in [[location::Dudley]], [[location::Worcestershire]]; [[occupation::assistant]] to [[associates::William Madstard]], [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Bridgnorth]], [[location::Shropshire]] 1639. [[occupation::Vicar]] of [[location::Kidderminster]], [[location::Worcestershire]] 1648 (ejected 1662); licensed to preach in [[location::London]], 1672. A hugely influential devotional [[author::author]], and a leading figure in late 17th-century English nonconformity.
+Born in the village of [[place of birth::Rowton, Shropshire]], son of [[family::Richard Baxter]] (d.[[date of death::1663]]) of [[location::Eaton Constantine]], [[location::Shropshire]], and [[family::Beatrice Adeney]] (d.[[date of death::1635]]). Baxter did not receive a university education but had a voracious appetite for books and ‘became one of the most learned of seventeenth-century divines’ (''ODNB''). [[occupation::Schoolmaster]] in [[location::Dudley]], [[location::Worcestershire]]; [[occupation::assistant]] to [[associates::William Madstard]], [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Bridgnorth]], [[location::Shropshire]] 1639. [[occupation::Vicar]] of [[location::Kidderminster]], [[location::Worcestershire]] 1648 (ejected 1662); licensed to preach in [[location::London]], 1672. A hugely influential devotional author, and a leading figure in late 17th-century English nonconformity.
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