John Mason Good

In 1820 he took the diploma of M. His poetry never rises above pleasant and well-versified commonplace. Besides contributing both in prose and verse to the Analytical and Critical Reviews and the British and Monthly Magazines and other periodicals he wrote a large number of works relating chiefly to medical and religious subjects.

In 1783 he went to London to practice his medical studies. Good was not only well versed in classical literature but was acquainted with the principal European languages and also with Persian Arabic and Hebrew. John Mason Good was named after the Puritan clergyman and hymn writer John Mason (1645-1694) of whom his mother Sarah was a descendant.