# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-marshman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:20:59.814Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-marshman"
name: "Joshua Marshman"
slug: "joshua-marshman"
description: "Joshua Marshman was a Baptist missionary in Bengal, India from 1799 until his death. He was a member of the Serampore trio with William Carey and William Ward. The trio founded Serampore University, many primary and secondary schools, and translated and published a large number of works, including translations of the Bible. Marshman was \"an accomplished scholar, linguist and theologian and was a prolific author and polemicist\". His mission involved social reforms and intellectual debates with educated Hindus such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy."
tagline: "Christian missionary (1768-1837)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_J._Marshman%2C_D.D_(4673803).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1768-04-20"
deathDate: "1837-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.413752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "چوشوا مارشمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "জোশুয়া মার্শম্যান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Marshman"
    title: "Joshua Marshman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Marshman"
    title: "Joshua Marshman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E6%9B%B8%E4%BA%9E%C2%B7%E9%A6%AC%E5%A3%AB%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "約書亞·馬士曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6290051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump