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Jones (INIGO the reviver of classical)

INIGO, the reviver of classical architecture in England in the beginning of the 17th century; born in London, England, July 15, 1573. The Earl of Pembroke sent him to Italy to study art. At Venice the works of Palladio inspired him with a taste for architecture. H land, he became court architect under Having returned to Eng- James I. and Charles I. Among his best-known works are the Banqueting Covent Garden Piazza, Heriot's Hospital, House at Whitehall, Ashburnham House, Edinburgh, and Shaftesbury House. Being royalist and Catholic he suffered heavy losses during the Civil War, and died in poverty in London, June 21, 1652. near officer; born