Isaac de Caus [SEP] date of death
Isaac de Caus
Isaac de Caus (1590–1648) was a French landscaper and architect. He arrived in England in 1612 to carry on the work that his brother Salomon de Caus had left behind. He is noted for his work at Wilton House and Lincoln's Inn.
He was the architect in charge of carrying out Inigo Jones's design for Covent Garden.
References.
- pp. 278–9.
- p. 169.
Salomon de Caus
Salomon de Caus (1576, Dieppe – 1626, Paris) was a French Huguenot engineer, once (falsely) credited with the development of the steam engine.
Biography.
Caus was the elder brother of Isaac de Caus. Being a Huguenot, Caus spent his life moving across Europe.
He worked as an hydraulic engineer and architect under Louis XIII. Caus also designed gardens in England, that of Somerset House among them; also, the Hortus Palatinus, or Garden of the Palatinate,