# Rodney Baxter

> Australian physicist

**Wikidata**: [Q1718012](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1718012)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Baxter)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rodney-baxter

## Summary

Rodney Baxter was a physicist, university teacher, and mathematician[1]. He was born on February 8, 1940, in London, and died on July 20, 2025, in Canberra[2]. His educational background included studies at Bancrofts School, Trinity College, and the Australian National University[3].He worked in the fields of theoretical physics, algebra, mathematics, and physics[4][1]. His professional career included serving as an employer at the Australian National University. Over the course of his career, he received numerous awards, including the Royal Medal, Pawsey Medal, Boltzmann Medal, Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Harrie Massey Medal and Prize, and Centenary Medal, among two others[5][6][7][8].


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