Joseph Stanislaus Hansom
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Joseph Stanislaus Hansom, FRIBA (1845-1931) was a British architect. He was the son and partner of the better known Joseph Aloysius Hansom, inventor of the Hansom cab
. He trained with his father, becoming his partner in 1869 and taking over the family practice fully in 1880.
He was among the founders of the Catholic Record Society
, of which he was an active member.
Hansom cab
The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn cart designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. Originally called the Hansom safety cab, it was designed to combine speed with safety, with a low...
. He trained with his father, becoming his partner in 1869 and taking over the family practice fully in 1880.
He was among the founders of the Catholic Record Society
Catholic Record Society
The Catholic Record Society , "the premier Catholic historical society in the United Kingdom", founded in 1904, is a scholarly society devoted to the study of Reformation and post-Reformation Catholicism in England and Wales. Particularly active members in its early years were Joseph Gillow, J. H....
, of which he was an active member.