Marsden, Samuel

Marsden, Samuel
(1764–1834)
   Missionary.
   Marsden was educated at the University of Cambridge, but, influenced by William wilberforce, in 1794 he decided to go as a missionary to New South Wales, Australia. Initially he worked with Richard Johnson, but after Johnson returned to England in 1800, he was the only chaplain in the colony. Besides his pastoral duties, he became a successful farmer and a harsh magistrate. Under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society, he also organised a mission to New Zealand and he visited that colony seven times. He is a controversial figure in Australian history, but there is no doubt that he did much to establish the Anglican Church in the new country.
   J.L. Nicholas, Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand . . . in company with the Rev. Samuel Marsden, 2 vols (1970).

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