Joseph Marsh (1803 - 2 February 1838) was a Scottish Anglican priest and educationist.
He arrived in Ceylon in 1831 on assignment as the mathematics and classics tutor for the Church Missionary Society from the Diocese of Chennai.
[4] In 1836, he started a school with 20 students, mainly from the upper class community situated at Hill Street, Pettah, in the back veranda of the church which was called the Hill Street Academy .
On request of the parents and based on recommendation from the Colebrooke Commission established the Colombo Academy[5] with the students of the Hill Street Academy and Marsh continuing to serve as headmaster.
With his health failing in 1838 he left Ceylon and died at sea off the British Cape Colony on 2 February 1838.