Is it the tower or the clock on the British Houses of Parliament that is called Big Ben?
�Big Ben� is neither the tower nor the clock of England�s Houses of Parliament. Rather, it�s the largest of the bells in the tower clock, which was installed in 1858. London newspapers of the time named it �Ben� after Sir Benjamin Hall, the commissioner of works who was responsible for adding the huge 13.5-ton bell to the tower.
