Jonathan Cripps Hobson
Jonathan Cripps Hobson (1801–1882) was baptised at Queen Street Congregational Chapel. He was the son of Jonathan Hobson (c.1777-1836) and Charlotte Ann Cripps (c.1777-1855). In the 1820s, J. C. Hobson became a merchant and factor in Norfolk Street. In 1828, he registered a patent with Jonathan Brownill for a fork design incorporating file edges for sharpening knives. Hobson visited New York in 1826. During the 1850s, he had an office in Pearl Street, Manhattan, as a hardware and cu....
