Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti

Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti
Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Joseph Baretti, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Born24 April 1719 
Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Died5 May 1789  (aged 70)
London, Great Britain
OccupationLexicographer, poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, writer 

Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (24 April 1719, Turin, Piedmont – 5 May 1789, London) was an Italian literary critic, poet, writer, translator, linguist and author of two influential language-translation dictionaries. During his years in England he was often known as Joseph Baretti. Baretti's life was marked by controversies, to the point that he had to leave Italy, for England, where he remained for the rest of his life.

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