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Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-82): An Unfortunate Genius

By Penelope Harris
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By Penelope Harris
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In Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-82), An Unfortunate Genius, biographer Penelope Harris portrays an imaginative, eclectic architect of around two hundred buildings across the British Isles and into France, mainly for Catholic and gentry patrons.

The extraordinary life of this unfortunate genius was punctuated by highs and lows. Described by The Times as 'a great Triumph', Birmingham Town Hall was also a disaster. Publicly the Town Hall was a success, but privately it lost him his family home ...

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