John Barbour
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Barbour, John (bär'bər), c.1316?-1395, Scottish poet. He was archdeacon of Aberdeen from 1355 until his death. His romance, The Bruce (1375), celebrating Scotland's emancipation from England, recounts the heroic deeds of Robert I and Sir James Douglas. The poem was meant to be read as history and shows remarkable accuracy. Barbour's authorship of a fragmentary Troy-Book and the Buik of Alexander is disputed.
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John Barbour may refer to:
- John Barbour (poet) (c. 1316–1395), Scottish poet
- John S. Barbour (1790–1855), U.S. congressman from Virginia
- John S. Barbour, Jr. (1820–1892), his son, also a politician from Virginia
- John Strode Barbour (1866–1952), American newspaper editor, lawyer, mayor, and statesman
- John Barbour (actor) (born 1934?), Canadian-born television personality in the United States
- Sir John Milne Barbour, known as Milne Barbour (1868–1951), Northern Irish politician
- John Barbour (clothing maker), namesake of J. Barbour & Sons, a British manufacturer of outerwear
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