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People [Hosking, William (1800-1861)]

Hosking, William (1800-1861)
Architect and teacher with interests in town planning, civil engineering, history and antiquities. Proposed the Metropolitan Sepulchre, a brick and granite pyramid taller than St. Paul's Cathedral containing nearly a quarter of a million catacombs, on nearly a hundred levels, surmounting Primrose Hill, complete with a public observatory at the top.
Applied arts (incl. architecture & sculpture)
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