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William Marsden

Irish orientalist, numismatist, and linguist · Scientists · Lived 1754 to 1836 · aged 81

William Marsden was an Irish orientalist, numismatist, and linguist who served as Second, then First Secretary to the Admiralty during years of conflict with France.

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Lived 1754 to 1836 · aged 81