Date of Birth: Oct 26, 1803
Date of Death: Jun 29, 1882
Nationality: British
Notes: In partnership with Edward Welch from 1828; was bankrupted with Welch in 1834. In practice in Preston from 1847 until 1854. Partner of brother, Charles Francis Preston, 1854-59, and of son, Joseph Stanislaus Hansom, 1869-79 (as Joseph A. Hansom & Son). Sometime partner of Edward Welby Pugin. Father of Henry John Hansom. Uncle of Edward Joseph Hansom and Henry Hansom. J.A. Hansom, a Catholic architect, was the architect of Birmingham Town Hall and Plymouth Cathedral, and founder of "The Builder" magazine. He also invented the Hansom cab.

Date of Birth: 1682
Date of Death: 1754
Nationality: English
Notes: Ditchley Park is considered Gibbs's most important country house. The architect is most noted for his famous design for the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, a remarkably advanced design for its time, even when examined within the context of continental European design trends. John Wilton-Ely, writing in "The Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600-1750": "In the history of ecclesiastical architecture, Gibbs's church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields was to prove one of the most influential designs throughout the English-speaking world of Protestant worship."

Date of Birth: Circa 1729
Date of Death: 1815
Nationality: British