Please answer the following question: Facts: - title: mayor of sheffield - years active: 1842 -- 1880 - party: liberal - birth date: 25 april 1819 - parents: thomas firth mary loxley - relatives: major john charles bradley firth -lrb- grandson -rrb- - alt: firth , sheffield . as master cutler , at cutlers ' hall - resting place: sheffield general cemetery - caption: firth , sheffield . as master cutler , at cutlers ' hall - death date: 28 november 1880 - spouse: sarah bingham taylor 1841 1855 caroline gedling 1857 1880 - name: mark firth - death place: sheffield , england - birth place: sheffield , england - term: 1874 -- 1875 - image size: 300px - occupation: steel manufacturer - children: sarah bernard thomas ann mary margaret john mark alfred caroline - image: mark firth mc.jpg - religion: methodist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mark firth .
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mark firth -lrb- 25 april 1819 -- 28 november 1880 -rrb- was an english industrialist and philanthropist .