Sir Christopher Wren Important Buildings.

Sir Christopher Wren – Life Outline Wren was born in Wiltshire England in He attended Wadham College, in Oxford, starting in He was made the Gresham Professor of Astronomy in He became an architect around He died London, England, in 1723.

Wren’s 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.

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 king’s work load; this earned him a knighthood for loyalty to the king (the “Sir”)

Wren in Later Life

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

Saint Paul's Cathedral

St. Clement Danes

St. Nicholas Cole Abbey

St. Stephen's Walbrook

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