BARO, or BARON, PETER, professor of divinity in the university of Cambridge in the sixteenth century, was born at Estampes, in France, and educated in the university of Bourges, where he was admitted a licentiate in the law; but being of the Protestant religion, he was obliged to leave his native country in order to avoid persecution. After residing some time at Geneva, he came to England, and was kindly received by Lord Burleigh. He afterwards settled at Cambridge, and, by the recommendation of his noble patron, in 1574 was chosen Lady Margaret's professor there. For some years he enjoyed his professorship in quiet; but a restless faction was at last raised against him by his opposing the doctrine of absolute predestination; and this rendered his situation so uncomfortable that he chose to leave the university and settle in London. He wrote In Jonam Prophetam Praelectiones xxxix.; De Præstantia et Dignitate Divina Legis; and some other treatises. He died in London about the year 1600.