Samuel Marsden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Marsden

Church of England chaplain, missionary, agriculturalist, magistrate.

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1764

Place of Birth: Farsley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-May-1838

Profession: deacon, chaplain, missionary, minister, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Samuel Marsden (25 June 1765 – 12 May 1838) was an English-born priest of the Church of England in Australia and a prominent member of the Church Missionary Society, believed to have introduced Christianity to New Zealand.Marsden was a prominent figure in early New South Wales and Australian history, partly through his ecclesiastical offices as the colony's senior Church of England cleric and as a pioneer of the Australian wool industry, but also for his employment of convicts for farming and his actions as a magistrate at Parramatta, both of which attracted contemporary criticism.