James K. Baxter


James Keir Baxter was a poet, and is a celebrated figure in New Zealand society.

Baxter was born in Dunedin to Archibald Baxter and Millicent Brown and grew up near Brighton, 20160km south of Dunedin city. He was named after James Keir Hardie, a founder of the British Labour Party. His father had been a conscientious objector during the First World War. His mother had studied Latin, French and German at the Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney, the University of Sydney and Newnham College, University of Cambridge.

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