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Hansom, Joseph Aloysius (1803–1882), architect and inventor of the safety cab  

G. C. Boase

revised by Denis Evinson

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Hansom, Joseph Aloysius (1803–1882), architect and inventor of the safety cab, was born in York on 26 October 1803, the second of the nine children of Henry Joseph Francis Hansom (bap. 1778, d. 1854), joiner and builder, and his wife, Sarah Simpson (...