John Carr Doctor of Laws was born in Muggleswick, County Durham in 1722 (or 1732 - see above). He was the son of a local farmer and was educated firstly at the village school and privately by the local curate Rev Daniel Watson, then later at Street Paul’s School where he remained longer than most as his parents could not afford a place at University.
He became a master at Hertford Grammar School and eventually received a degree of Doctor of Laws from Marischal College, Aberdeen.
Cuthbert Sharp, in his "The Bishoprick Garland” of 1834 and many other sources give the dates as 1732-1807 and age 75 at the time of his death
He died on 6 June 1807 after an illness lasting almost a year and was buried in Saint John's church, Hertford. On the headstone is an epitaph in Latin, written by himself. He had a younger brother Joseph, who became the Review
Joseph Carr who died in Allenheads, Northumberland 27 April 1806 aged 60 years.
He also had a brother, William T. Carr, to whom he dedicated a poem in his 1807 edition Possibly his main legacy is his "Translation of Lucian" from ancient Greek language, on which he spent almost 25 years from 1773 to 1798.
This was published in 5 volumes. At the time it was considered to be of great importance in the literary world, but this importance has since diminished with the appearance of other more classical translations.
