Christopher Wren

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B Y A R M A S H U L A K S E N I I A 1 0 - A S C H O O L 5 7

CHRISTOPHER WREN

Born 20 October 1632East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England

Died 25 February 1723 (aged 91)London, Kingdom of Great Britain

Residence EnglandNationality English (later Briti

sh)Fields Architecture, physi

cs, astronomy, and mathematics

Known for Designer of 54 churches including St Paul's Cathedral, as well as many secular buildings of note in London after the Great Fire

Sir Christopher Michael Wren

BIOGRAPHY

East Knoyle, where Wren was born

Wadham College, Oxford, where Wren was a student in 1650–51

Westminster School, where Wren studied

Sir Christopher Wren’s house

ROYAL SOCIETY

FIRST WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE

Sheldonian Theatre (Oxford, England)

The chapel at Pembroke College, Cambridge

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE

TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY

HAMPTON COURT PALACE

THE WREN BUILDING

WREN’S GRAVE

“If you seek his memorial, look about you”

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