caption death_date birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name occupation
baxter with a jaguar aircraft in 1976 15 september 2006 ilford , essex british raymond baxter 25 january 1922 '' tomorrow 's world '' raymond baxter - jaguar - raf laarbruch - 1976.jpg raymond baxter
 raymond frederic baxter television presenter and writer
raymond baxter

raymond frederic baxter obe -lrb- 25 january 1922 -- 15 september 2006 -rrb- was a british television presenter and writer .
he is best known for being the first presenter of `` tomorrow 's world '' , continuing for 12 years , from 1965 to 1977 .
he also gave radio commentary at the coronation of queen elizabeth ii , the funerals of king george vi , winston churchill and lord mountbatten of burma , and the first flight of concorde .
