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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Marsden    
First Name(s)  William    
Birth Year  1754    
Death Year  1836    
Entry  Son of John Marsden : born Nov. 16, 1754 : educated at Dublin schools : went out as a writer in the E. I. Co.'s service to Bencoolen in Sumatra, 1771 : stayed eight years : became Principal Secretary to the Government : devoted his time to literature and science : established an E.I. agency business in London, 1785 : became Second Secretary, 1795. and in 1804 First Secretary to the Admiralty till 1807 : F.R.S., Treasurer and Vice-president : Member of, Asiatic and several other learned Societies : D.C.L. of Oxford, 1786 : died Oct. 6, 1836 : wrote the History of Sumatra, 1783 ; Dictionary and Grammar of the Malayan Language, 1812 ; The Travels of Marco Polo, 1818 ; Numismata Orientalia illustrata, 1823-5 : and other works : presented his whole collection of coins to the British Museum in 1834, and his library and Oriental MSS. to King's College : voluntarily resigned a pension of £1,500.     
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