John Marden

John Marden (9 ga Afrilu 1855 - 29 ga Oktoba 1924) ya kasance babban jami'in Australiya, majagaba na ilimin mata, kuma dattijo Presbyterian.

 Rayuwa da horo na farko 
An haife shi a Prahran, wani yanki na Melbourne, Victoria, Marden shi ne ɗan biyar na iyayen Ingila, John Marden, mai yanka, da matarsa Catherine, née Murphy . Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Geelong da Jami'ar Melbourne, inda ya kammala karatu a matsayin Master of Arts a Mathematics da Physics. 

Yayinda yake kammala digiri na shari'a, Marden ya auri malamin makaranta, Jane Armstrong a Cape Clear, a ranar 20 ga Disamba 1883. Ya kuma koma tsohuwar makarantarsa, Kwalejin Geelong, a wannan lokacin a matsayin malami a ƙarƙashin sanannen malami George Morrison, yana ƙaura zuwa Kwalejin Mata ta Methodist, Melbourne (MLC Melbourne) a matsayin malamin Kimiyya shekaru uku bayan haka.

 Ayyuka 
A watan Yulin 1887, kwamitin Babbar Taron Ikilisiyar Presbyterian na New South Wales ya tallata wani shugaban da ya dace don sabon makarantarsa, Kwalejin Mata ta Presbyterian a Sydney. Marden ya nemi matsayin kuma an zaba shi gaba ɗaya "saboda matsayinsa na ilimi, kwarewarsa da nasararsa a koyarwa da kuma halin kiristanci. "  Ya buɗe makarantar tare da dalibai 39 a ranar 30 ga Janairun 1888, a Fernlea, gidan mutum mai ɗaki goma sha huɗu a Ashfield (shafin asibitin Sydney na yanzu), tare da Miss M. McCormick a matsayin uwargidan mata. Tare da Kwamitin da Ikilisiyar Presbyterian ta kafa a NSW don kafa PLC, yana da alhakin shirya tsarin karatu da hayar ma'aikatan da suka dace.
A shekara ta 1890, bayan jarrabawa a fannin shari'a, Jami'ar Sydney ta ba shi digiri na LL. D. A wannan shekarar Kwalejin ta wuce shafin Ashfield, don haka Ikilisiyar Presbyterian a New South Wales ta sayi Shubra Hall, gidan Anthony Hordern, a Croydon. Marden ya yi aiki tare da Albert Bond, masanin gine-ginen sabuwar makarantar, kuma yana da alhakin mafi yawan ra'ayoyin sababbin gine-gine, bisa ga abin da ya gani a MLC Melbourne.[1] Da yake sha'awar aikin lambu, ya kuma tsara lambuna masu ban sha'awa da filayen wasa.[2]

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1924
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1855