MASON, SIR JOSIAH

MASON, SIR JOSIAH
   Birmingham manufacturer and philanthropist, born at Kidderminster; made his fortune by split rings, steel pens, electro-plating; founded an orphanage at Erdington at the cost of nearly £300,000, and the college at Birmingham which bears his name (1795-1881).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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