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Marsden Sandstone
Marsden Sandstone: Lower Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 4) formation on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, named by Gehling et al. 2011; ~43 m of feldspathic sandstone with the Rouge Mudstone Member, underlying the Emu Bay Shale. Distinct from the English Carboniferous Marsden Formation.
Marse Hazan Wolde Qirqos
Marse Hazan Wolde Qirqos, also written Mersie Hazen, was an Ethiopian historian and court chronicler who directed Haile Selassie's history-writing office and wrote thirteen books.
Marseille
Marseille (Massalia) is France's second-largest city and oldest city, founded by Greeks from Phocaea in 600 BC on the Mediterranean. Key facts: 873,080 inhabitants (2021), France's largest port, lowest median income among the five biggest French cities, and the Marseille en Grand recovery plan.
Marseille (2016 TV series)
Marseille (2016–2018) is Netflix's first French original series, a political drama created by Dan Franck starring Gérard Depardieu as mayor Robert Taro versus protégé Lucas Barrès (Benoît Magimel); two seasons, 16 episodes, panned by critics, canceled in 2018.
Marseille 13
Marseille 13 is the 13th arrondissement of Marseille (postal code 13013), the city's most populous with 95,112 residents (2023), containing eight priority neighborhoods with 27,339 residents and large 1960s housing estates such as Frais Vallon.
Marsh
Marsh: a wetland frequently or continually inundated with water, dominated by emergent soft-stemmed vegetation such as cattails and cordgrass; distinct from swamps (woody), bogs (acidic peat), and fens (groundwater-fed), with neutral pH, high nutrients, and flood- and storm-buffering functions.
Marsh Farm, Sandringham
Marsh Farm is a red-brick, five-bedroom farmhouse on the private Sandringham Estate near Wolferton, Norfolk, recorded by name in 1904, renovated in 2025-26, and since 2026 the home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Marsh ferns in gardens, as weeds and in conservation
Marsh ferns, the Thelypteridaceae family, are wetland ferns sold for gardens, invasive abroad as cultivated escapes such as Macrothelypteris torresiana, and conservation-dependent as wetlands shrink.
Marsh frog
The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibunda) is a large, semi-aquatic true frog native from Central Europe to Central Asia, described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1771.
Marsh gas
Marsh gas, also called bog gas, is the methane-rich gas produced by bacterial decomposition of organic matter underwater in marshes and swamps; wetlands are its largest natural source.
Marsh Island
Marsh Island, Louisiana: a ~71,000-acre brackish marsh island in Iberia Parish between Vermilion Bay and the Gulf, donated by Margaret Sage in 1920 and managed by LDWF as a wildlife refuge.
Marsh McLennan
Marsh McLennan, also known as Marsh & McLennan Companies, is a global professional services firm in risk, strategy, and people, with $27 billion in 2025 revenue.
Marsha A. Moses
Marsha A. Moses is an American biochemist and cancer researcher who directs the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital and is a Harvard Medical School professor.
Marsha Ambrosius
Marsha Ambrosius (born 1977, Liverpool) is an English singer-songwriter, "The Songstress" of neo-soul duo Floetry, writer of Michael Jackson's "Butterflies," and a 10-time Grammy nominee whose solo albums include Late Nights & Early Mornings (2011) and Dr. Dre-produced Casablanco (2024).
Marsha Anderson Bomar
Marsha Anderson Bomar is an American transportation engineer who founded Street Smarts, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025, and serves as ASCE president.
Marsha Berger
Marsha Berger is an American computational scientist and Professor Emerita at NYU's Courant Institute, known for adaptive mesh refinement, Cartesian mesh generation, and the Clawpack and GeoClaw codes.
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn, Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee since 2019 and its first female senator, previously represented the 7th District in the House (2003-2019); known for the Kids Online Safety Act and running for governor in 2026.
Marsha Garces Williams
Marsha Garces Williams (born 1956), American producer, ex-wife of Robin Williams; president of Blue Wolf Productions and producer of Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Patch Adams, Jakob the Liar; Emmy-nominated for Robin Williams: Live on Broadway.
Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)
Marsha Hunt (Marcia Virginia Hunt, 1917–2022) was an American film actress, MGM contract player in Pride and Prejudice, None Shall Escape, and Raw Deal, blacklisted after Red Channels in 1950, later a humanitarian activist who died at 104.
Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1946)
Marsha Hunt (born 1946) is an American singer, model, actress, and novelist living in Britain, star of the 1968 London Hair and icon of Black beauty, mother of Mick Jagger's first child, distinct from the 1917–2022 Hollywood actress.
Marsha I. Lester
Marsha I. Lester is an American physical chemist at the University of Pennsylvania known for observing Criegee intermediates and elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2016.
Marsha J. Pechman
Marsha J. Pechman is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Washington, appointed by President Clinton in 1999.
Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason, born 1942 in St. Louis, is an American actress who earned four Best Actress Oscar nominations in the 1970s and won two Golden Globe Awards.
Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), born Malcolm Michaels Jr., was a New York drag performer, sex worker, and LGBTQ+ activist of the Stonewall uprising, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front and, with Sylvia Rivera, of STAR; her 1992 Hudson River death remains unsolved.
Marsha Rich Rosner
Marsha Rich Rosner, also known as Marsha R. Rosner, is an American molecular biologist at the University of Chicago known for research on breast cancer metastasis.
Marsha S. Berzon
Marsha Siegel Berzon, born 1945 in Cincinnati, is an American jurist serving as a senior Ninth Circuit judge since 2022, appointed by President Clinton in 2000.
Marsha Thomason
Marsha Thomason, Manchester-born English actress (born 1976) known for Nessa Holt on Las Vegas, Naomi Dorrit on Lost, Diana Berrigan on White Collar, and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV's The Bay.
Marsha Timothy
Marsha Timothy, born 1979 in Jakarta, is an Indonesian actress and model who debuted in Ekspedisi Madewa (2006) and won Sitges Best Actress and the 2018 Citra Award for Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts.
Marsha Y. Morgan
Marsha Yvonne Morgan is a British clinical academic hepatologist at University College London and the Royal Free Hospital, known for research on alcohol-related liver disease, its genetics, and hepatic encephalopathy.
Marshal
Marshal: from Old Frankish marhskalk (horse servant) to supreme military rank. Covers the medieval office under the constable, the Maréchal de France, Napoleon's 26 marshals, British field marshal since 1736, and NATO OF-10 status.