Joseph Stanislaus Hansom Explained

Joseph S. Hansom
Birth Date:	1845
Birth Place:	York
Death Date:	1931
Death Place:	London
Significant Buildings:	Oxford Oratory, Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester (as "Joseph A. Hansom & Son")^[1]

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.^[2] He trained with his father, becoming his partner in 1869, and taking over the family practice fully in 1880. In 1881, he inherited the practice of John Crawley (1834 –-1881).^[3] In 1881, he designed Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bognor Regis and extended St Mary Immaculate Church, Falmouth.^{[4] [5]}

He was among the founders, in 1904, of the Catholic Record Society,^[6] and was so active on its behalf that Cardinal Gasquet described him as "its prime mover and energy."^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Brian S. Pullan. A History of the University of Manchester: 1973 - 90. 2004. Manchester University Press. 0-7190-6242-X. 17 .
2. Book: Felstead . Alison . Franklin . Jonathan . Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 1 (A-K). 2001. Bloomsbury. 978-0-8264-5513-0. 835 .
3. Penelope Harris, The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic Revival, (Edwin Mellen Press, 2010), p. 170.
4. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-1426198-roman-catholic-church-of-our-lady-of-so/ Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Bognor Regis
5. [Historic England]
6. Book: Robert S. Miola. Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources. 2007. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-925985-4. 8 .
7. http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/31st-july-1926/14/catholic-record-society Report on the annual meeting of the Catholic Record Society