Richard Baxter (November 12? 1615-December 8,1691), English puritan divine, called by Dean Stanley "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen," was born at Rowton, in Shropshire, at the house of his maternal grandfather.
Richard Baxter (November 12,1615-December 8,1691) was an English Puritan church leader, theologian and controversialist, called by Dean Stanley "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". Baxter was born at Rowton, in Shropshire, at the house of his maternal grandfather.