James Phinney Baxter III
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For the mayor of Portland, Maine (1831 - 1921), see James Phinney Baxter.
James Phinney Baxter III (1893-1975) was an American historian, educator and academic. He won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for history, for his book Scientists Against Time.
In 1943 he was the part-time official historian of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development, while serving as president of Williams College from 1937-1961.
He was the grandson of historian and mayor of Portland, Maine, James Phinney Baxter.
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