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Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti
Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (24 April 1719, Turin, Piedmont – 5 May 1789, London) was an Italian-born English literary critic and author of two influential language-translation dictionaries. During his years in England he was often known as Joseph Baretti.〔() ''A Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages . .'' (1787 ed.) by Joseph Baretti〕 Baretti's life was marked by controversies.
==Biography==
Baretti was intended by his father for the profession of law, but at the age of sixteen fled from Turin and went to Guastalla, where he was for some time employed in a mercantile house. He devoted himself to the study of literature and criticism, in which he became an expert, though his writings were so controversial that he had to leave Italy. For many years he led a wandering life, supporting himself chiefly by his writings. At length he arrived in London, where he remained for the remainder of his life (when not traveling). He was appointed Secretary to the Royal Academy of Arts,〔Luigi Piccioni, (BARETTI, Mario ), ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana Treccani〕 and became acquainted with Samuel Johnson, Garrick and others of that society.
Baretti was a frequent visitor at the home of Hester Thrale, and his name occurs repeatedly in Boswell's ''Life''. In 1769 Baretti was tried for murder after inflicting a mortal wound with his fruit knife on a man who had assaulted him on the street. Johnson and others gave evidence in his favour at the trial, which resulted in Baretti's acquittal.
He died in London in May, 1789. He was buried in Marylebone Chapel with a monument by Thomas Banks.〔Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, Rupert Gunnis〕
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