Richard Baxter - Legacy

Legacy

Geoffrey Nuttall lists 141 books written by Baxter in his biography of Baxter, published in 1965.

There is a portrait of Baxter in Dr Williams's Library, Gordon Square, London.

Baxter House, a boarding house at Old Swinford Hospital school in Stourbridge, is named after him.

The high school, Baxter College, and a public park, Baxter Gardens in Kidderminster, are both named after him.

Baxter's House in Bridgnorth is still standing near the High Street with a name plaque on the front.

In 1674, Baxter cast in a new form the substance of Arthur Dent's book The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven under the title, The Poor Man's Family Book. In this way, Arthur Dent of South Shoebury was a link between Baxter and another great Puritan John Bunyan.

Max Weber (1864–1920), the German sociologist, made significant use of Baxter's works in developing his thesis for "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" (1904, 1920).

His influence in New England is referenced in the first chapter of the 19th century devotional work "I Will Be A Lady – a book for girls" by Mrs. Tuthill.

Until July 2011 his name was given to one of the six houses (the others Acton, Clive, Darwin, Houseman and Webb) at The Priory School, Shrewsbury. The houses were named after historical people from Shropshire. The house names subsequently changed to tree names.

Richard Baxter is commemorated in the Calendar of saints of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with a feast day on December 8.