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,[1][2] which later became the University of Birmingham.[3]
^"Mason College". Birmingham University. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^Warner, D.; Palfreyman, D., eds. (2001). The State of UK Higher Education: Managing Change and Diversity. Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0335206599.
^"Foundation of the University 1767 -1899". University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
Sir JosiahMason (23 February 1795 – 16 June 1881) was an English industrialist, engaged in pen manufacture and other trades, and a philanthropist. He...
Birmingham. Founded in 1875 by industrialist and philanthropist Sir JosiahMason, the college was incorporated into the University of Birmingham in 1900...
of those companies were Joseph Gillott's (established in 1827), Sir JosiahMason (1827), Hink Wells & Co. (1836), Baker and Finnemore (1850), C. Brandauer...
Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir JosiahMason), making it the first English civic or 'red...
the merger of JosiahMason Sixth Form College and Sutton Coldfield College. They were approved by the Secretary of State and JosiahMason College was dissolved...
alongside JosiahMason College and Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, each named after a figure in Birmingham's history—John Cadbury, JosiahMason, and...
a fountain pen with a barrel made from a large swan quill. In 1828, JosiahMason improved a cheap and efficient slip-in nib in Birmingham, England, which...
Schools JosiahMason Campus, a campus forming Birmingham Metropolitan College, was formerly a further education college by the name of JosiahMason College...
and his wife Kerenhappuch Childs. Samuel Harrison, described by Sir JosiahMason as the inventor of the split-ring (or key-ring) and widely credited with...
Moffat attended John Willmott School, Sutton Coldfield, until 1988 and JosiahMason College until 1990. He received a BA in English with drama and American...
Improving World Order for How to Rig an Election, and was awarded the JosiahMason Award for Academic Advancement, the University of Birmingham. Cheeseman...
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