Background
Baxter, Stephen Bartow was born on March 8, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Baxter, Stephen Bartow was born on March 8, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor of Arts in Economics with honors, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1955.
Instructor history, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1954-1957;
assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1958-1962;
associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1962-1966;
professor of history, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1991;
Kenan professor of history, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1975-1991. Visiting assistant professor of University Missouri, Columbia, 1957-1958. Director post-doctoral summerseminars Clark Memorial Library.
University of California at Los Angeles, 1973, 88, Clark library professor, 1977-1978. Director summer seminars National Endowment for Humanities, Chapel Hill, 1974, post-doctoral seminar, 1978-1979.
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Fellow Royal History Society. Member Conference British Studies.
Son of James Phinney 3d and Anne (Strang) B. Married Ann Sweeney, August 22, 1953. Children: Clare, Persis Baxter Andrews, James, Nicholas, Stephen, Michael.