John Howard Marsden (7 May 1803 – 24 January 1891) was an English cleric and academic.
[1] Marsden gained an exhibition from his school to St John's College, Cambridge, where he was elected a scholar on the Somerset foundation.
[3] In 1840 Marsden was presented by his college to the rectory of Great Oakley, Essex, which he held for 49 years, resigning it in 1889 for health reasons.
[1] Marsden died at his residence, Grey Friars, Colchester, on 24 January 1891.
[4][5] In 1829 Marsden gained the Seatonian Prize, the subject of the poem being The Finding of Moses, Cambridge, 2nd edit.
[1] Marsden married in 1840 Caroline, elder daughter of William Moore, D.D., prebendary of Lincoln.