Show English Philanthropist Philanthropic lt u 18 1838 8 and und 1808 Josiah Mason Ma lason la- la son built up ul n a great or orphanage at England ut at a cost of about I Par Tor or this he was knighted In 1872 Ho was born at Kidderminster Kidder Kidder- minster In 1701 began begun selling cakes on n the street at lit the age of eight and later taught himself to read and write while serving as os a 11 shoemakers shoemaker's ap prentice Finally he became a manu manu- of ot steel pens and built up an enormous nor lous business He lie added to his fortune by gold and silver liver plating and jo copper on and ami nickel smelting lIe He gave to tn Masons Mason's college cOl now apart a apart part of the University of ot Birmingham |