1637-1698
Vol I
Pg 345
1637-1698
Vol I
Pg 345
b.1637 d.1698
Nicholas Barbon, MD – A Londoner born; was on the 2nd July, 1661, being then twenty-four years of age, entered on the physic line at Leyden. He graduated doctor of medicine at Utrecht, 17th October, 1661, and was admitted an Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians in December, 1664. He died in 1698. Dr Barbon was MP for Bramber; the originator of fire insurance companies; and a writer on the currency.
William Munk
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