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, and withdrawing into England, was kindly entertained by Lord Burleigh. He afterwards settled at Cambridge, and, by the recommendation of his noble patron, was in 1574 chosen Lady Margaret's professor there. For some years he enjoyed quietly his professorship; 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 Prophetem Praelectiones xxxxx.; De Praestantia et Dignitate Divinae Legis*; and other pieces. He died in London about the year 1600.