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 Joam Prophetam Predictiones xxxix.; De Praestantia et Dignitate Divinae Legis; and some other treatises. He died in London about the year 1600.

Barocchio, or Barozzi, Giacomo da Vignola, a celebrated architect, born at Vignola, in the Modenese territory, in 1507. He succeeded Michael Angelo as the architect of St Peter's, and executed various portions of that fabric, besides a variety of works in Rome and other parts of Italy. He is the author of an excellent work on the Five Orders of Architecture. His character as a man was worthy of his genius; for to his extensive acquirements and exquisite taste was superadded an amenity of manners and disposition, and a noble generosity, that won the affection and admiration of all who knew him. Da Vignola died in 1573, at the age of sixty-six.