See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

MARK See also:

• FIRTH, CHARLES HARDING (1857– )
• MARK FIRTH (1819-1880)

FIRTH (1819-1880)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel manufacturer and philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield on the 25th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1819, the son of a steel smelter . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark, with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• LEFT

left school to join their See also:

• FATHER

father in the foundry where he was employed, and ten years later the three together started a six-hole See also:

• FURNACE

furnace of their own . The venture proved successful, and besides an extensive See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home business, they soon established a large See also:

• AMERICAN

American connexion . Their huge See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk See also:

• WORKS

works were erected at Sheffield in 1849, and still greater were afterwards acquired at See also:

• WHITTINGTON
• WHITTINGTON, RICHARD (d. 1423)

Whittington in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire and others at See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

Clay Wheels near Wadsley . The manufacture of steel blocks for See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal feature of their business, and they produced also shot and heavy forgings . They also installed a plant for the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of steel cores for heavy guns, and for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time they supplied nearly all the See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal used for See also:

• GUN

gun making by the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and a large proportion of that used by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of his father in 1848 Mark See also:

• FIRTH, CHARLES HARDING (1857– )
• FIRTH, MARK (1819-1880)

Firth became the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• FIRM

firm . In 1869 he built and endowed " Mark Firth's Almshouses " at Ranmoor near Sheffield, and in 1895, when See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, he presented to his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place a See also:

• FREEHOLD

freehold See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-six acres . He founded and endowed Firth.See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, for lectures and classes in connexion with the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of university See also:

• EDUCATION

education, which was opened in 18i9 . He died on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 188o, and was accorded a public funeral .