that the new series was soon renamed as the International Numismata Orientalia. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of his friend Sir Charles Wilkins FRS; they had no children. He died on 6 October 1836 from an attack of apoplexy, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. He left his estate to his kinsman Rev. Canon John Howard Marsden. Elizabeth subsequently married Colonel William Leake FRS on 17 September 1838. In fiction Marsden is portrayed as a character in Hornblower and the Crisis by C. S. Forester. Selected works 1784The history of Sumatra: containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island. London: Printed for the author. OCLC 3792458 1802"Observations on the language of Siwah; in a letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks; by William Marsden, Esq., F.R.S." in The Journal of Frederick Horneman's Travels: From Cairo to Mourzouk, the Capital of the Kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa, by Friedrich Hornemann, James Rennell, William Marsden and William Young. London: G. and W. Nicol. 1796Catalogue of Dictionaries, Vocabularies, Grammars and Alphabets 1812Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language single edition, Dutch & French translation of the Grammar (C. P. J. Elout based on Marsden), Dutch-Malay & French-Malay Dictionary (C. P. J. Elout based on Marsden) 1818 1823Numismata orientalia 1830Memoirs of a Malayan Family by 'La-uddı̄n Nakhoda Muda (translated by William Marsden). London: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5347657 1838 Brief Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Late William Marsden. London: Cox. References External links 1754 births 1836 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century British botanists English orientalists Fellows of the Royal Society People from County Wicklow Permanent Secretaries to the Admiralty 19th-century British botanists