John Clark Marshman.
The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward
Embracing the History of the Serampore Mission.
2 vols.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans &
Roberts, 1859.
John Clark Marshman, son of Joshua and Hannah Marshman, was born in August, 1794. With his parents and William Ward in 1799, he traveled to Serampore, India, as they joined William Carey at the Serampore Mission. Carey, Marshman, and Ward later became known as the Serampore Trio.
As a young man, John Clark Marshman helped direct his father's activities in India, and he aided the mission efforts in fund-raising. Several of John Clark Marshman's accomplishments in India were outstanding. He established the first newspaper in Bengali (i.e., "Sumachar Durpun") and, with his father, the first English magazine in India, "The Friend of India" (1818). Marshman distinguished himself as an oriental scholar after having learned Chinese, Sanskrit, and Persian. On February 23, 1827, King Frederick VI appointed William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and John Clark Marshman as members of the first Council of Serampore College, an educational institution which King Frederick incorporated under Danish authority. Continually supporting the cause of education in India, Marshman accepted a position as an official translator in India for the British government, and incurred the ire of fellow missionaries.
Marshman wrote numerous books and pamphlets, and was recognized as a leading student of Indian history. Several different editions of The History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of Lord Dalhousie's Administration (1872) appeared for several decades. He also wrote:
Obituary Notice of the Life and Ministry of the Late Reverend John Mack of Serampore (1846)
A Guide to Bengal (1850)
The Darogah's Manual, Comprising Also the Duties of Landholders in Connection with the Police (1850)
How Wars Arise in India: Observations on Mr. Cobden's Pamphlet, Entitled, "The Origin of the Burmese War" (1853)
Letter to John Bright, Esq., M.P., Relative to the Recent Debates in Parliament on the India Question (1853)
The Story of Carey (1864)
Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. (1867)
Brave Deeds (1889).
Marshman also coauthored several books. Some include:
A Dictionary of the Bhotanta, or Boutan Language (with Frederic Christian Gotthelf Schrœter and William Carey, 1826)
A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language (with William Carey, 1827)
The Kobita-rutnakur,
or Collection of Sungskrit Proverbs in Popular Use (with
Select Tamil Tales
(with
Christianity in India. Proceedings of a Public Meeting Held at Exeter Hall, January 5th, to Consider the Future Relations of the British Government to Religion in India, the Right Hon(ble) the Earl of Shaftesbury in the Chair (with Anthony Ashley Cooper, et al., 1858)
Tarikh-i Hind (with Muhammed 'Abdu's-Salam, 1923)
Receiving much criticism from other missionaries for taking a governmental position, Marshman resigned his position in 1852 and returned to Great Britain. In Britain, Marshman stood for a seat in Parliament on three different occasions (1857, 1859, and 1861), but he lost all three elections. On July 8, 1877, Marshman died in London.
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The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward
Embracing the History of the Serampore Mission
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In May, 1859, The Oriental Baptist, vol. XIII, no. 149, reprinted a review from the Baptist Magazine of John Clark Marshman's, The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward. Embracing the History of the Serampore Mission, 2 vols., (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859). To read this review, click on the following links: 145 146-147 148-149 150 .
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