About John Lewis Paton
Lived 1863 – 1946 (aged 82–83). John Lewis Paton was an academic.
John Lewis Paton (1863 - 1946) was a British missionary and academic who served as an educationist and high school headmaster.
Biography
He was born on 13 August 1863 in Sheffield, England. He was the son of John Brown Paton, a Scottish missionary.
He entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1886 where he placed first in Classical Tripos, part two, with special distinction in Language and History. He also received the Junior Chancellor's Medal for Classics.
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