Inigo Jones
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Arts, Architecture
- Subcategories: Architects
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: Working during the English Renaissance in the fields of theater design and architecture, Jones introduced innovations that contributed greatly to the urban planning done under Charles I and contributed to the creation of a modern drama.
Early Life
Inigo Jones was born July 15, 1573, and baptized four days later in the Church of St. Bartholomew the Less in London. His father, a destitute cloth worker, attempted to provide for his son and three daughters until his death in 1597. Little is known about Jones’s life before 1605, but it is...
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