Nash, John, 1752–1835, English architect; pupil of Sir Robert
Taylor. After enjoying an extensive practice in Wales, he began
to work c.1792 in London. His capacities were greatest in town
planning, and he is chiefly known for his boldly planned
development of the Marylebone region of London. His scheme, as
put into execution in 1818, comprehended Regent St., with its
Quadrant, and Regent's Park, with its terraces and surrounding
streets of formally designed town houses. Nash also designed the
Haymarket theater and remodeled Buckingham Palace. He was one of
the initiators of the neoclassic Regency style. See studies by
Sir John Summerson (2d ed. 1950) and T. Davis (new ed. 1968,
repr. 1973). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
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