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See also:MARSDEN, 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 (1754-1836) , See also:English orientalist, the son of a See also:Dublin See also:merchant, was See also:born at Verval, Co. See also:Wicklow on the 16th of See also:November 1754. He was educated in Dublin, and having obtained an See also:appointment in the See also:civil service of the See also:East See also:India See also:Company arrived at Benkulen, See also:Sumatra, in 1771. There he soon See also: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 secretary to the See also:government, and acquired a knowledge of the See also:Malay See also:language and See also:country. Returning to See also:England in 1779 with a See also:pension, he wrote his See also:History of Sumatra, published in 1783. Marsden was appointed in 1795 second secretary and afterwards first secretary to the See also:admiralty. In 1807 he retired and published in 1812 his See also:Gram-See also:mar and See also:Dictionary of the Malay Language, and in 1818 his See also:translation of the Travels of Marco See also:Polo. He was a member of many learned See also:societies, and treasurer and See also:vice-See also:president of the Royal Society. In 1834 he presented his collection of See also:oriental coins to the See also:British Museum, and his library of books and Oriental See also: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, See also:London. He died on the 6th of See also:October 1836.
Marsden's other See also:works are: Numismata orientalia (London, 1823–1825) ; See also:Catalogue of Dictionaries, Vocabularies, Grammars and Alphabets (1996); and several papers on Eastern topics in the Philosophical Transactions and the Archaelogia.
End of Article: MARSDEN, WILLIAM (1754-1836)
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