Sir Christopher Wren

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Sir Christopher Wren
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• Important Buildings

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Sir Christopher Wren Life Outline

• Wren was born in Wiltshire England in 1632.
• He attended Wadham College, in Oxford, starting
  in 1649.
• He was made the Gresham Professor of Astronomy in
  1657.
• He became an architect around 1661.
• He died London, England, in 1723.

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Wrens Family Life

• Wren married twice and had four children, two
  with each wife he loved both wives and his
  children
• He outlived both wives and two of his children
  he was unusually long-lived for the time period.

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Public Life

• London's Great Fire of 1666 gave Wren a chance to
  plan a new, perfect, London this plan was only
  partially completed.
• Wren was appointed Surveyor General of the King's
  Works 1669 by Charles II, which meant he did
  alll the repair and maintenance work on all the
  royal palaces.
• In 1673 Wren resigned his Oxford professorship
  because of the kings work load this earned him
  a knighthood for loyalty to the king (the Sir)

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Wren in Later Life
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Buildings of Note

• Greenwich Hospital, at Greenwich, England (near
  London), 1696 to 1715. Saint Paul's Cathedral,
  at London, England, 1675 to 1710. St. Clement
  Danes, at Strand, London, England, 1680. St.
  James, at Piccadilly, London, England, 1674 to
  1687. St. Mary Le Bow, at Cheapside, London,
  England, 1670 to 1683. St. Nicholas Cole Abbey,
  at London, England, 1671 to 1681. St. Stephen's
  Walbrook, at London, England, UK, 1672 to 1687.

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Saint Paul's Cathedral
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St. Clement Danes
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St. Nicholas Cole Abbey
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St. Stephen's Walbrook
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Sources
1.http//www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Sir_Chr
istopher_Wren.html 2.http//www.archiplanet.org/w
iki/Sir_Christopher_Wren 3.http//www.bbc.co.uk/h
istory/historic_figures/wren_christopher.shtml 4.
http//www.arct.cam.ac.uk/personal-page/james/phd
/wren/