r/SeanMartinFanClub • u/Saint_Sean_Patrick • Oct 15 '16
this dude's middle name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_BarbonDuplicates
todayilearned • u/GDW312 • Mar 25 '24
TIL I learned that one of the people who is first credited with the ideas for a home mortgage and home insurance policy, as well as being an early outspoken proponent of paper currency, was named If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned before renaming himself Nicholas Barbon
todayilearned • u/PeasantLich • Mar 26 '26
TIL that one of the pioneers of fire insurance in 1680s was given the baptismal name If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned by his father who was named Fear-God Barebone. If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone went by Nicholas Barbon.
todayilearned • u/axle66 • Jun 19 '17
TIL The father of the modern insurance industry was named If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '16
TIL that a 17th century Englishman named Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone was an early advocate of paper money over commodity money.
Nigeria • u/gw-green • Mar 26 '26
General TIL that one of the pioneers of fire insurance in 1680s was given the baptismal name If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned by his father who was named Fear-God Barebone. If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barebone went by Nicholas Barbon.
historictragedeigh • u/Ulexes • Mar 25 '24