Stephen Barrett (1718–1801) was a British classics teacher, who published some translations of Latin texts.
He was educated at the grammar school, Skipton, and at University College, Oxford and graduated with an MA in 1744.
[1] Barrett entered the ministry, he became master of the free grammar school at Ashford, Kent, and was made rector of the parishes of Purton and Ickleford, Hertfordshire.
[1] Among his friends in early life were Dr. Johnson, and the founder of the Gentleman's Magazine, Edward Cave.
[1] In 1759, he published Ovid's Epistles translated into English verse, with critical essays and notes; being part of a poetical and oratorical lecture read to the grammar school of Ashford in the county of Kent, and calculated to initiate youth in the first principles of Taste.