Stephen Baxter (historian)
Stephen Baxter | |
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| Born | September 1969 |
| Died | January 2026 (aged 56) |
| Occupations | Historian and academic |
| Title | Professor of Medieval History |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford |
| Thesis | The Leofwinesons: power, property and patronage in the early English kingdom (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Wormald |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
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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.