Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
R. Westland Marston
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Description area
Dates of existence
1845 -
History
Robert Westland Marston, born Briggs, Lincolnshire, England on the 17th March 1845. Eldest son of Henry and Janet Marston. Came to Tasmania and started a private school in Lower Piper, Tasmania. He applied to become a teacher in the public school sector on 26th April 1880. Wrote many articles and letters to various Tasmanian and English papers under the pseudonyms 'Scholasticus' or 'Schoolmaster'.