William Hosking

For the New Zealand doctor and X-ray and radium pioneer, see William Henry Hosking. For the Australian footballer, see Bill Hosking.

The Royal Academy where Hosking exhibited in the 1820s

William Hosking FSA FRIBA (26 November 1800 – 2 August 1861) was an English writer, lecturer, and architect[1] who had an important influence on the growth and development of London in Victorian times. He became the first Professor of Architecture at King's College London, and associated this discipline in a scholarly fashion with interests in town planning, civil engineering, history and antiquities.

King's College, where Hosking was appointed Professor of Architecture
  1. ^ Porter, Bertha (1891). "Hosking, William" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 395–397.