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Inigo Jones

1573 - 1652

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Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was an English architect who was the first significant architect in England in the early modern era and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings. As the most notable architect in England, Jones was the first person to introduce the classical architecture of Rome and the Italian Renaissance to Britain. He left his mark on London by his design of single buildings, such as the Queen's House which is the first building in England designed in a pure classical style, and the Banqueting House, Whitehall, as well as the layout for Covent Garden square which became a model for future developments in the West End. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Inigo Jones has received more than 807,709 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Inigo Jones is the 133rd most popular architect (up from 138th in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,070th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Inigo Jones ranks 133 out of 518. Before him are Eero Saarinen, Gunnar Asplund, Camillo Sitte, Gottfried Böhm, Rafael Moneo, and James Stirling. After him are Lina Bo Bardi, Hans Scharoun, Alonzo Cano, Ettore Sottsass, Filippo Juvarra, and Charlotte Perriand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Inigo Jones ranks 7. Before him are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, William Laud, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Simon Marius, and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Ambrosius Bosschaert, Ukita Hideie, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, and Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. Among people deceased in 1652, Inigo Jones ranks 7. Before him are Jusepe de Ribera, Georges de La Tour, Gregorio Allegri, Jacob De la Gardie, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, and Pietro Della Valle. After him are Jan Asselijn, Jan Dirksz Both, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Denis Pétau, Johann von Werth, and Chen Hongshou.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Inigo Jones ranks 1,052 out of 8,785. Before him are Robbie Williams (1974), Twiggy (1949), Robert Browning (1812), John Hanning Speke (1827), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Reginald Pole (1500), Joseph Bell (1837), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Ron Dennis (1947), and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Inigo Jones ranks 4. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Christopher Wren (1632), and James Stirling (1926). After him are Ebenezer Howard (1850), Robert Adam (1728), David Chipperfield (1953), Michael Ventris (1922), Joseph Paxton (1803), John Nash (1752), Archibald Leitch (1865), and William Kent (1685).

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