Josiah Mason

Sir Josiah Mason
Sir Josiah Mason
	Portrait of Mason by Henry Penn, 1870
Born	23 February 1795; Mill Street, Kidderminster, England
Died	16 June 1881 (aged 86)
Monuments	Statue by Francis John Williamson (1885, destroyed); Bust cast from statue by William Bloye (1952, at Erdington);
Nationality	English
Occupation	Industrialist
Known for	Philanthropy

Sir Josiah Mason (23 February 1795 – 16 June 1881) was an English industrialist, engaged in pen manufacture and other trades, and a philanthropist. He founded Mason Science College in 1875, which later became the University of Birmingham.

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