Nicholas Barbon

Nicholas Barbon (auch: Barebon o​der Barebone; * u​m 1640 i​n London a​ls If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone;[1] † u​m 1698 i​n Osterley House, Middlesex) w​ar ein englischer Ökonom.

Nicholas Barbon

Leben

Barbon studierte Medizin a​n der Universität Leiden u​nd wurde 1661 i​n Medizin a​n der Universität Utrecht promoviert. Er w​ar an d​em Aufbau v​on London n​ach dem Großen Brand 1666 s​owie an d​er Einrichtung e​iner Feuerversicherung i​n England u​m 1680 beteiligt. Er w​ar der Sohn v​on Sarah u​nd Praise-God Barebone, e​inem Puritaner.[2]

Werke

  • A letter to a gentleman in the country. Milbourn, London 1684.
  • An Ansvver to a letter to a gentleman in the countrey. Giving an account of the two insurance-offices, the Fire-Office & Friendly-Society. William Horton, London 1684.
  • Apology for the Builder; or a Discourse showing the Cause and Effects of the Increase of Building. 1685.
  • A Discourse of Trade. 1690 (Nachdruck: Bibliobazaar 2009, ISBN 978-1-117-63043-4).
  • A discourse concerning coining the new money lighter: in answer to Mr. Lock’s Considerations about raising the value of money. Richard Chiswell, London 1696.

Literatur

  • Elgin Williams: Nicholas Barbon: An Early Economic Realist. In: Southern Economic Journal. Band 11, Nr. 1, Juli 1944, S. 45–55.
  • Barbon, Nicholas. In: Encyclopædia Britannica. 11. Auflage. Band 3: Austria – Bisectrix. London 1910, S. 389 (englisch, Volltext [Wikisource]).

Einzelnachweise

  1. Patrick Ryan: The Last Word on Fire Alarm. In: New Scientist. 30. September 1976, S. 713 (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche).
  2. Stephen Wright: Barbon [Barebone], Praisegod (c.1598–1679/80), lay preacher and politician. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1335.
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