William Baxter may refer to:

Politicians

William Baxter (Nova Scotia politician) William Baxter (c. 1760 – November 22, 1832) was a physician, businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cornwallis Township from 1793 to 1799 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in New Hampshire, the son of ...

(1760–1832), physician and politician in Nova Scotia *

William Edward Baxter William Edward Baxter (24 June 1825 – 10 August 1890) was a Scottish businessman, Liberal politician and travel writer. Background and education Born in Dundee, Angus, Baxter was educated at the High School of Dundee and the University of E ...

(1825–1890), British politician and traveller *

William Duncan Baxter William Duncan Baxter (14 June 1868 – 7 January 1960) was a businessman, politician, and the Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, from 1907 to 1908. The theatre, generally known as "The Baxter", a performing arts complex in Rondebosch, a suburb ...

(1868–1960), mayor of Cape Town, South Africa, 1907–1908 * William Baxter (Scottish politician) (1911–1979), British Labour Party politician, MP 1959–1974

Scholars and educators

William Baxter (scholar) William Baxter (1650–1723) was a Welsh scholar. Life 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 lan ...

(1650–1723), Welsh scholar *

William Baxter (Oxford Botanic Garden curator) William Baxter ALS, FHS (Rugby, Warwickshire, 15 January 1787 – 1 November 1871), was a British botanist, author of ''British Phaenogamous Botany'' and appointed curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden in 1813. '' British Phaenogamous Botany or F ...

(1787–1871), Scots botanist, author of ''British Phaenogamous Botany'' *

William Baxter (botanist) William Baxter (born 1787 - died between 1830 and 1836) was an English gardener who collected in Australia on behalf of English nurserymen and private individuals. He had developed his horticultural reputation as gardener to the Comtesse de Vandes i ...

(died c. 1836), English botanist who collected in Australia * William Baxter (law professor) (1929–1998), American law professor *

William H. Baxter William Hubbard Baxter III (born March 3, 1949) is an American linguist specializing in the history of the Chinese language and best known for his work on the reconstruction on Old Chinese. Biography Baxter earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 19 ...

(born 1949), American linguist * William Baxter (clergyman) (1820–1880), second president of Arkansas College

Other

* William Giles Baxter (1856–1888), English cartoonist * William Robert Baxter (born 1960), British hospitality entrepreneur * William "Bucky" Baxter (1955–2020), American guitarist * Will Baxter, a fictional character in ''Eureka Seven'' anime series

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