Barbon

These houses, now mostly occupied by lawyers, are the work of Nicholas Barbon, who pioneered terraced housing when he wasn't sitting in parliament or helping to invent buildings insurance.

Baroque architecture in Britain: examples from the era 2011

This is the real Sicily, our host Paolo Barbon declared over a dinner of local, mostly organic, ingredients, looking out at mountains and starry sky near the hill village of Contessa Entellina.

A Sicilian opening in the wild west 2011

The stadium, built between 1954 and 1957, was designed by architects Francesc Mitjans-Miro, Lorenzo Garcia Barbon and Josep Soteras Mauri.

Barcelona FC 2007/08 kits celebrate 50th Anniversary Nou Camp Azmie aka switch image 2008

The stadium, built between 1954 and 1957, was designed by architects Francesc Mitjans-Miro, Lorenzo Garcia Barbon and Josep Soteras Mauri.

Archive 2008-05-01 Azmie aka switch image 2008

On the one hand there were politically-motivated students of trade like Barbon and Cantillon who sought to advise kings on the best way to raise taxes or otherwise compete successfully among nations.

Economic Principals David Warsh 1993

Barbon (1690) wrote that 'Prodigality is a vice that is prejudicial to the Man, but not to trade.

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 2003

Praise-god Barbon, was born in London, studied medicine at Leiden, graduated M.D. at Utrecht in 1661, and was admitted an honorary fellow of the College of Physicians in 1664.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

Barbon, who was a man of substantial property, was summoned by Cromwell on the 6th of June 1653 as a member for London to the assembly of nominees called after him in derision Barebone's Parliament.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

On the other hand, the name Praisegod Barebones has been wrongly fixed on an individual whose real name was Barbon or Barborne.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

The barebones parliament was a religious assembly summoned by Cromwell to replace the Commons, named after a preacher member Praise-God Barbon.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011