Nicholas Barbon

Nicholas Barbon
Nicholas Barbon

Nicholas Barbon (auch: Nicholas Barebon oder Nicholas Barebone; * um 1640 in London; † um 1698 in Osterley House, Middlesex) war ein englischer Ökonom.

Barbon studierte Medizin an der Universität Leiden und wurde 1661 in Medizin an der Universität Utrecht promoviert. Er war an dem Aufbau von London nach dem Großen Brand 1666 sowie an der Einrichtung einer Feuerversicherung in England um 1680 beteiligt.

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. Printed by 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; Bibliobazaar 2009, ISBN 1-117-63043-9)
  • A discourse concerning coining the new money lighter : in answer to Mr. Lock's Considerations about raising the value of money. Printed for 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.

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