Editing Locksmithing (section)

== Notable locksmiths ==

* William F. Banham, founder of [[Banham Patent Locks|Banham Security]], invented the first automatic latch bolt lock in 1926 after a series of burglaries on his wife's dress shop. He opened up his own locksmith shop on Oxford Street, London, and offered £25 to anyone who could pick or break one of his patented locks<ref>Lea, Robert (2010). "Going for Growth: why Banham is not going to bolt now" The Times</ref><ref>Evening Standard. 9/25/2014, p73. 1p.</ref> Banham Group still offer the patented locks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0892130B1|title=Lock cylinder|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231221329/http://www.google.com/patents/EP0892130B1|archive-date=2017-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1165913B1|title=Door fastening device|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231221329/http://www.google.com/patents/EP1165913B1|archive-date=2017-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banham.co.uk/|title=Banham - Experts in Security Services|website=Banham|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125183012/http://www.banham.co.uk/|archive-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>
* [[Robert Barron (locksmith)|Robert Barron]] patented a double-acting [[tumbler lock]] in 1778, the first reasonable improvement in lock security.
* [[Joseph Bramah]] patented the [[Bramah lock]] in 1784.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonlockandsafes.com
 |title=Opening an Antique Bramah Box Lock |publisher=Hygra.com |access-date=2012-08-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327072515/http://hygra.com/locks/Bramah/opening-a-bramah-lock.htm |archive-date=2012-03-27 }}</ref> It was considered unpickable for 67 years until [[Alfred Charles Hobbs|A.C. Hobbs]] picked it, taking over 50 hours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crypto.com/photos/misc/bramah/ |title=Bramah Locks |publisher=Crypto.com |access-date=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904065328/http://www.crypto.com/photos/misc/bramah/ |archive-date=2012-09-04 }}</ref>
* [[Jeremiah Chubb]] patented his [[Chubb detector lock|detector lock]] in 1818. It won him the reward offered by the Government for a lock that could not be opened by any but its own key.
* [[James Sargent]] described the first successful key-changeable [[combination lock]] in 1857. His lock became popular with safe manufacturers and the [[United States Treasury Department]]. In 1873, he patented a [[time lock]] mechanism, the prototype for those used in contemporary bank vaults.
* Samuel Segal of the [[Segal Lock and Hardware Company]] invented the first [[Crowbar (tool)|jimmy]]-proof locks in 1916.
* [[Harry Soref]] founded the [[Master Lock]] Company in 1921 and patented an improved [[padlock]] in 1924 with a patent lock casing constructed out of laminated steel.
* [[Linus Yale Sr.]] invented a [[pin tumbler lock]] in 1848.
* [[Linus Yale Jr.]] improved upon his father's lock in 1861, using a smaller, flat key with serrated edges that is the basis of modern pin-tumbler locks. Yale Jr. developed the modern [[combination lock]] in 1862.
* [[Alfred Charles Hobbs]]  demonstrated the inadequacy of several respected locks of the time in 1851 at [[The Great Exhibition]], and popularized the practice of [[Full disclosure (computer security)|full disclosure]].