Edward Abson Marsland (18 May 1923 – February 1996) was a British academic who served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham.
[1][2] Marsland received his early education at King Edward's School, Birmingham.
[3] He graduated with a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine of Birmingham University in 1950.
His thesis was 'A histological investigation of amelogenesis in rats, with special reference to maturation'.
[4] Marsland was Professor of Oral Surgery at Birmingham University from 1979 to 1982, and Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1982 to 1987.