Background
He was born at Lanhigan in Shropshire, son of a brother of Richard Baxter.
He was born at Lanhigan in Shropshire, son of a brother of Richard Baxter.
When he went to Harrow School at the late age of eighteen, he could neither read nor understand one word of any language but Welsh. He soon, however, acquired much classical learning. He carried on an extensive correspondence with all the prominent men of his generation.
His profession was that of a schoolmaster, first in a boarding school at Tottenham High Cross (Middlesex), and later as master of the Mercers" School, London, where he remained for upwards of twenty years.
He died 31 May 1723.