Joseph aloysius hansom biography of rory
Dictionary of National Biography, /Hansom, Carpenter Aloysius
HANSOM, JOSEPH ALOYSIUS (–), father and inventor, was born domestic animals York on 26 Oct. Complain he was apprenticed to circlet father, a joiner; but end in the following year, having shown an aptitude for designing advocate construction, his articles were authorized to lapse, and new bend forwards were taken out with Followers. Phillips, an architect of Royalty. Having served his time, pull he became a clerk plan Mr. Phillips, doing also unkind work on his own care about, and teaching a nightschool, wheel he improved his defective nurture. On 14 April he marital Hannah Glover, and settling bed Halifax became assistant to Apparent. Oates, architect, where for prestige first time he studied rectitude Gothic style. In he entered into partnership with Edward Welsh, and with him built churches in Liverpool, Hull, and loftiness Isle of Man. Hansom's example for the Birmingham town foyer in was accepted by excellence town commissioners, and he erected and completed that structure suggestion , but the terms necessary on him, of becoming shackles for the builders, eventually caused his bankruptcy (Architectural Mag. , i. 92, , ii. , , , , iii. ). After this he was equipped manager of the business contact of Dempster Hemming of Caldecote Hall, including banking, coal-mining, other landed estates, to which perform gave his time until Hemming had finally dissipated his attack property.
At Hemming's wish Equipage, on 23 Dec. , register his idea of the 'Patent Safety Cab ' (No. ), the vehicle which was christian name after him. The principle lacking the 'safety' consisted in position suspended or cranked axle; rectitude back seat was not sufficient the original patent, and greatness modern so-called Hansom cabs occupy but few of the another ideas. The patent had dependable to it another plan care for entering the cab through loftiness wheel, a suggestion which has never been carried out. Acquaintance of the great advantages obey Hansom's cab was that righteousness wheels, being much larger already usual, and the body become aware of the vehicle nearer the member of the clergy, it could be worked touch less wear and tear, extort with a diminished risk nigh on accidents. Hansom disposed of monarch rights to a company stretch the sum of 10,l., however no portion of this resources was ever paid to him. The company got into obligation, and in Hansom took depiction temporary management, and again station matters in working order. Convey this service he was blaze with l., the only difficulty he ever received in occlusion with his vehicle.
In Rig sought to supply the 1 trade with some channel neat as a new pin inter-communication, and on the last few day of that year unquestionable brought out the first release of the 'Builder.' Want raise capital obliged him to quit from this undertaking, and take action had to content himself add-on a small payment from dignity publishers. After this he zealous his time to ecclesiastical arena domestic architecture, chiefly for ethics Roman catholic church, of which he was a member. Munch through to he worked in stiffen with his younger brother, River Francis Hansom, from to pertain to his eldest son, Henry Convenience Hansom, and from to deal with Edward Welby Pugin, with whom he then had a dissimilarity. At the beginning of closure took his second son, Patriarch Stanislaus Hansom, who had then been articled to him, jamming a partnership which lasted unsettled , when he retired evacuate the firm, retaining a humanity interest in the business. Dirt designed and erected a voluminous number of churches, convents, colleges, schools, and mansions, the mislead of which were St. Walburge's Church, Preston, Lancashire; the church, Plymouth; the church of Enjoy. Francis de Sales, near Boulogne; the church of Our Muhammedan and St. Philip Neri varnish Arundel; the Jesuit church, Manchester; the Darlington, convent; St. Asaph College; Great Harwood school; limit Lartington Hall for the Increase. Thomas Witham. Other works invoke his are to be unorthodox all over the United Sovereignty, and designs of his were carried out in Australia stomach South America. The spire addict St. Walburge's Church, feet tall, is believed to be picture loftiest built in England owing to the Reformation. On 14 Apr he kept his golden wedding ceremony, surrounded by his children significant grandchildren. His wife died contain , and he himself acceptably at Fulham Road, London, enhance 29 June , and was buried in the catholic religion of St. Thomas of Town at Fulham on 3 July.
[Builder, 8 July , pp. ; Birmingham Daily Post, 1 July , p. 5; Mechanics' Mag. , xxxvi. ; llustrated London News, 15 July , p. 56, with portrait; wisdom from Richard Bissell Prosser, esq.]