See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM MARSDEN (1754-1836)

MARSDEN (1754-1836)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English orientalist, the son of a See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Verval, Co . See also:

• WICKLOW

Wicklow on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1754 . He was educated in Dublin, and having obtained an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil service of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company arrived at Benkulen, See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra, in 1771 . There he soon See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal secretary to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and acquired a knowledge of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Returning to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1779 with a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, he wrote his See also:

• HISTORY

History of Sumatra, published in 1783 . See also:

• MARSDEN, WILLIAM (1754-1836)

Marsden was appointed in 1795 second secretary and afterwards first secretary to the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty . In 1807 he retired and published in 1812 his See also:

• GRAM

Gram-See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

mar and See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of the Malay Language, and in 1818 his See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Travels of Marco See also:

• POLO (Tibetan pulu, ball)
• POLO, GASPAR GIL (?153o-1591)
• POLO, MARCO (c. 1254-1324)

Polo . He was a member of many learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, and treasurer and See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Society . In 1834 he presented his collection of See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental coins to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum, and his library of books and Oriental See also:

• MSS

MSS. to See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London . He died on the 6th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1836 . Marsden's other See also:

• WORKS

works are: Numismata orientalia (London, 1823–1825) ; See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of Dictionaries, Vocabularies, Grammars and Alphabets (1996); and several papers on Eastern topics in the Philosophical Transactions and the Archaelogia .