Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Marsham, Thomas

by Bernard Barham Woodward ‎

MARSHAM, THOMAS (d. 1819), entomologist, became a fellow of the Linnean Society in March 1788, and was elected secretary the same year. He continued to hold this office till 1798, when he was elected treasurer, which post he resigned in May 1816. He died on 26 Nov. 1819. Marshman began a work upon British insects, under the title of 'Entomologica Britannica.' Of this, however, only vol. i. 'Coleoptera Britannica,' 8vo, London, 1802, appeared. Nine papers on various entomological subjects were read by him before the Linnean Society, and published in their 'Transactions,'

[Information kindly supplied by J. E. Harting, assist sec. Linn. Soc.; Gent. Mag. 1819, pt. ii. p. 569; Roy. Soc. List of Papers.]

B. B. W.