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Barrie Owen Pettman, Baron of Bombie (22 February 1944 – 2 June 2017) was a British author, publisher, and philanthropist. He was the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Emerald Group Publishing. A professor emeritus at the University of Hull, he was the author of a dozen books on industrial relations. He was president emeritus of Burke's Peerage and a patron of opera in England and New Zealand.