title: William Marsden's Yorkshire family, 1749-1922.
abstract: William Marsden (1796-1867), a Yorkshireman, founded two major London hospitals. We know little of his family background, about which his only biography gives a highly inaccurate account. It suggests his family were landowners and gentlemen farmers. Although their origins were more humble, some at least of his Yorkshire relatives prospered-through gardening, banking, manufacturing and even medicine. This paper presents information on four generations of Yorkshire Marsdens.
authors.affiliation: mcintyre@boston.demon.co.uk
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000266:history; D002771:Cholera / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D010375:Pedigree; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom