The name Marshman is a family, or surname which originated in England and either refers to an occupation - namely a person whose job it was to work the marshes or it is derived from their residency possibly of Marsham in Norfolk, or in Mersham in Kent.
It is thought that the village gives rise to the surname Marshman.
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In 1948, Marshman was recruited by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder to help write the screenplay of Sunset Boulevard.
He was followed by William Ward, a printer; David Brunsdon, one of Marshman's students; and William Grant, who died three weeks after his arrival.
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On 5 July 1818, William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward issued a prospectus (written by Marshman) for a proposed new "College for the instruction of Asiatic, Christian, and other youth in Eastern literature and European science".
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Marshman, her husband and their friend the printer William Ward, took the boys in tow.
The Marshman family lived in the house until the mid-1980s and the house has had several other owners since; for many years it was in the ownership of Roy Clarke, the writer of Last of the Summer Wine.
MTV UK are currently doing a documentary on MMA in the UK, with Marshman, Cory Tait and Jimi Manuwa being filmed in the build-ups of their next fights and the training and lifestyles involved with the sport.
Another outstanding contribution of the missionaries was the installation of India's first paper mill,in Bot Tala,set up by John Clark Marshman (the son of Joshua and Hannah Marshman) which was powered by a steam engine.