A 1629 portrait of Thomas Hobson (c. 1544 – 1631), after whom the term “Hobson’s choice” is widely said to have been named. Artist unknown, from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, England, U.K. (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasHobson.jpg).
The English postal carrier #ThomasHobson died on 1 January 1631. Hobson rented horses and had an extensive stable, but is claimed to have required each customer to take the horse in the stall closest to the door, to prevent the best horses from always being chosen and becoming overused.
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