John Paradise

(1743-1795)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Paradise, John (1743–1795), linguist LBT ID: JoParad1795	B/BAP: 1743-04 DIED: 1795-12-12
SOURCES: DNB
The son of Peter Paradise, British consul to Macedonia, he was a linguist, FRS, and member of Samuel Johnson's circle.
REFERENCES TO John Paradise: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XII. 1779-1786 Found 1: ¶ 27 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. III. 1788-1792 Found 1: ¶ 16