Background
Marsh, George Perkins was born on March 15, 1801 in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. Son of Joseph and Susan (Perkins) Marsh.
Marsh, George Perkins was born on March 15, 1801 in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. Son of Joseph and Susan (Perkins) Marsh.
Graduate Dartmouth, 1820, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1886. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard, 1856.
Admitted to Vermont bar, 1825. Member Vermont Government's Council, 1835. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Vermont, 28th-31st congresses, 1843-1849, opposed slavery, Mexican War.
United States minister to Turkey, 1849-1853, aided Sir Stratford Canning with refugees of East European Revolution. Special agent to investigate case of Jonas King (an American missionary), Athens, Greece, 1852. Recalled to Constantinople to settle case of Martin Koszta.
Fish commissioner State of Vermont, 1857-1859. Lecturer on English philosophy and etymology Columbia, Lowell Institute. 1st United States minister to Italy, 1861-1882.
An authority on languages. Author: A Compendious Grammar of the Old-Northern or Icelandic Language, 1838. The Camel: His Organization, Habits and Uses, Considered with Reference to His Introduction into the United States, 1856.
Lecture on the English Language, 1860. The Origin and History of the English Language, 1862. Man and Nature or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, 1864.
Contributor to Oxford Dictionary, published 1880.
Member Vermont Government's Council, 1835. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Vermont, 28th-31st congresses, 1843-1849, opposed slavery, Mexican War.
Married Harriet Buell, April.; married second, Caroline Crane, 1839.