Stephen Baxter (historian)

Stephen Baxter
BornSeptember 1969
DiedJanuary 2026(2026-01-00) (aged 56)
OccupationsHistorian and academic
TitleProfessor of Medieval History
Academic background
Alma materWadham College, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
ThesisThe Leofwinesons: power, property and patronage in the early English kingdom (2002)
Doctoral advisorPatrick Wormald
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Stephen David Baxter (September 1969 – January 2026) was a British medieval historian. He was Barron Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at St Peter's College, Oxford, from 2014. In 2020 he was awarded the title of Professor of Medieval History by the University of Oxford. He specialised in lordship in late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman England, and the Domesday Book.