Background
KIRK, John was born on June 10, 1847 in Keg worth, Leicestershire.
KIRK, John was born on June 10, 1847 in Keg worth, Leicestershire.
Studied at Castle Donnington Grammar School. Spent part of boyhood in France. At sixteen became clerk to Pure Literature Society.
Then Assistant Secretary to Ragged School Union, 1873-1879. Secretary Open Air Mission. Secretary of Ragged School Union and Shaftesbury Society since 1879.
Organises Pearson’s Fresh Air Fund, and other Press Funds.
Fellow Royal Chartered Institute of Secretaries. Justice of the Peace, County of London, 1909.