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The Reverend Dr. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Serampore (also called Serampur Srirampur is a city and a Municipality in Hooghly district Joshua Marshman (1768-1837) was born in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died in Serampore, India. Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Serampore (also called Serampur Srirampur is a city and a Municipality in Hooghly district India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
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His family
Of his family little is known, except that they traced their descent from an officer in the Army of Cromwell: one of a band who, at the Restoration, relinquished, for conscience-sake all views of worldly aggrandisement, and retired into the country to support himself by his own industry. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style &ndash 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known
His father John passed the early part of his life at sea and was engaged in the "Hind" Sloop of War, commanded by Captain Bond at the Capture of Quebec. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Shortly after this he returned to England and in 1764 married Mary Couzener. She was a descendant of a French family who had sought refuge in England following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes; after his marriage he lived in Westbury Leigh and took up the trade of a weaver. The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of Westbury is a Town and Civil parish (population 11135 in the 2001 census in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the
This occupation didn't pay well and he was unable to afford his son any education beyond that supplied in the village.
Early days
In 1791 Joshua married Hannah Marshman (née Shepherd) and in 1794 they moved from Westbury Leigh in Wiltshire to Bristol. Hannah Marshman ( May 13, 1767, Bristol - March 5, 1847, Serampore, India) was a Missionary. Westbury is a Town and Civil parish (population 11135 in the 2001 census in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London In Bristol they joined the Broadmead Baptist Church and Marshman taught in a local Charity School supported by the church. At this time he also studied at Bristol Baptist College.
On 29 May 1799 Joshua, Hannah and their then two children set out from Portsmouth for India aboard the ship "Criterion". Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which Although there was a threat of a French naval attack the family landed safely at the Danish settlement of Serampore (a few miles north of Calcutta) on the 13th October 1799. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Serampore (also called Serampur Srirampur is a city and a Municipality in Hooghly district
The couple had 12 children; of these only five lived longer than their father. Their youngest daughter Hannah married Henry Havelock, who became a British General in India, and whose statue is in Trafalgar Square, London. Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB ( April 5 1795 – November 29, 1857) was a British general who is particularly Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London it is a tourist attraction its trademark is Nelson's
A talented scholar
Like the pioneer missionary William Carey with whom he had come to work, Marshman was a talented and gifted scholar. William Carey may refer to William Carey (1761&ndash1834 an English Protestant missionary William Carey (c Marshman and Carey together translated the Bible into many Indian Languages as well as translating much classical Indian literature into English. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Indian literature is generally acknowledged as one of the oldest in the world
Marshman at this time also translated the Bible into Chinese - and had an important role in the development of Indian newspapers. He was a keen proponent of the new developments in educational practice and was keen to encourage school teaching in local languages, even though the colonial authorities preferred that lessons be given in English.
The founding of Serampore College
On 5 July 1818, William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward (another member of their missionary team) issued a prospectus (written by Marshman) for a proposed new "College for the instruction of Asiatic, Christian, and other youth in Eastern literature and European science". Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Carey may refer to William Carey (1761&ndash1834 an English Protestant missionary William Carey (c The name William Ward may refer to William Ward (priest died 1641 William Ward (engraver (1762-1826 English engraver Thus was born Serampore College - which still continues to this day. Serampore College is located in Serampore Town in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India.
At times funds were tight, and after a brief and false rumour alleging misapplication of funds caused the flow of funds being raised by Ward in America dried up, Carey wrote, "Dr. Marshman is as poor as I am, and I can scarcely lay by a sum monthly to relieve three or four indigent relatives in Europe. I might have had large possessions, but I have given my all, except what I ate, drank, and wore, to the cause of missions, and Dr. Marshman has done the same, and so did Mr. Ward. "
Carey's children looked after
Marshman was appalled by the neglect with the way in which Carey looked after his four boys when he first met them in 1800. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Aged 4, 7, 12 and 15, they were unmannered, undisciplined, and even uneducated. Carey had not spoiled, but rather simply ignored them. Marshman, his wife Hannah, and their friend the printer William Ward, took the boys in tow. Together they shaped the boys as Carey pampered his botanical specimens, performed his many missionary tasks and journeyed into Calcutta to teach at Fort William College. They offered the boys structure, instruction and companionship. To their credit - and little to Carey's - all four boys went on to useful careers.
The family tradition passes down to his son John Clark Marshman
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Joshua's son, John Clark Marshman (1794-1877), was also to become an important part of the missionary work at the College; he was also an official Bengali translator and published a Guide to the Civil Law which, before the work of Macaulay, was the civil code of India; he also wrote a "History of India" (1842). P C John was an evangelist and Bible teacher among the Syrian Christians and the Plymouth Brethren for 38 years John Clark Marshman, Indian scholar and philanthropist Marshman was the first child of Joshua Marshman and Hannah Marshman and was born in August 1794 at
In his book "Carey, Marshman and Ward" John Marshman states that by his death his father had spent over £400,000 of his own money on his missionary related works in India.
Sources
- J. C. Marshman - Carey, Marshman & Ward (1864)
- John Clark Marshman (1859). "The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman and Ward" I & II.
- Sunil Kumar Chatterjee (2001). "John Clark Marshman (a trustworthy Friend of India)" (2nd Edition).
- The Council of Serampore College (2006). "The Story of Serampore and its College" (Fourth Edition).
See also
- Article on the name Marshman
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