Barbon, Nicholas

Barbon, Nicholas

▪ English economist
born c. 1640, London
died 1698

      English economist, widely considered the founder of fire insurance.

      Barbon was probably the son of the sectarian preacher Praise-God Barbon. He studied medicine at the University of Leiden, received his M.D. at Utrecht in 1661, and became an honorary fellow of the College of Physicians in 1664. The considerable part that he took in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1666 apparently roused his interest in selling fire insurance, and about 1680 he set up an office in London for that purpose.

      Barbon's writings on economics to some extent anticipated the conclusions of Adam Smith on the division of labour and the theory of currency as expounded by David Ricardo. His works include Apology for the Builder; or, A Discourse Showing the Cause and Effects of the Increase of Building (1685); A Discourse of Trade (1690); and A Discourse Concerning Coining the New Money Lighter (1696).

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