Jones, Inigo (1573-1652), was the first major architect of the English Renaissance. Jones studied the designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio in northern Italy during trips he took about 1600 and again in 1613 and 1614. Jones introduced the Palladian style into English architecture. Its qualities appear in Jones’s most admired building, the Banqueting House (1619-1622) at Whitehall Palace in London.
Jones was born on July 15, 1573, in London. He served as surveyor (architect) to King James I from 1615 to 1625 and to Charles I from 1625 to 1642. Jones influenced later theatrical design with his designs of sets, costumes, and stage machinery while in the service of the English court. Jones died on June 21, 1652.
