Sir Christopher Wren FRS (/rɛn/; 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician...
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and the father of the prominent architect Christopher Wren. Christopher Wren Senior was the son of Francis Wren, a citizen and mercer of London, who served...
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Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 1875 – 22 November 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste...
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Sir Christopher Wren was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist...
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Christopher Wren (1632–1723), was an English architect. Christopher Wren may also refer to: Christopher Wren (priest) (1589–1658), Anglican cleric, father...
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Alan Wren (born 1964), English rock drummer Bob Wren (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player Caroline Wren, political campaign worker Christopher Wren (1632–1723)...
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Sir Christopher Wren was 33 years old and near the beginning of his career as an architect when the Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed many of the...
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Christopher Wren (1675–1747), of Wroxall Abbey, Warwickshire was a Member of Parliament and the son of the architect Sir Christopher Wren. Wren was the...
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Residence, architect Christopher Wren was tasked to expand the existing structure. He added a cluster of cottages that included: Wren House; Ivy Cottage...
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proponents of Palladianism. It is primarily embodied in the works of Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John Vanbrugh, and James Gibbs, although a handful...
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Sir Christopher Wren is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the German-born British artist Godfrey Kneller of the English architect Christopher Wren, from...
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The Wren Building (original build, 1695–1699) is the oldest building on the campus of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia,[not verified...
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St Paul's Cathedral (category Christopher Wren church buildings in London)
listed building that was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. The cathedral's reconstruction was part of a major rebuilding programme...
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the murderer: Christopher Wren. Wren insists that it is all a frame-up, and Trotter acknowledges that he lacks any evidence pointing to Wren in particular...
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covered in wooden scaffolding, undergoing piecemeal restoration by Christopher Wren. The scaffolding caught fire on Tuesday night. Within half an hour...
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(1642–1651). In 1666, further restoration was in progress under Sir Christopher Wren when the cathedral was devastated in the Great Fire of London. At that...
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Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller, 1711. Best known as an architect, Christopher Wren was also an astronomer, mathematician and physicist...
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with great diligence had translated from the Greeks. — Christopher Wren, Report on St Paul's Wren was the first to popularize the belief that it was not...
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in the United States, and the Wren Building, attributed to and named for the famed English architect Sir Christopher Wren, is the oldest academic building...
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Justin Christopher Wren (born April 27, 1987) is an American humanitarian worker and former professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the...
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front (as with all subsequent £50 notes) and an image of architect Christopher Wren on the back. As a security feature, this note had a metallic thread...
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in season 5, episode 3. In 2004, Bonneville played Sir Christopher Wren in the docudrama Wren – The Man Who Built Britain. Bonneville also works extensively...
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Monument to the Great Fire of London (category Christopher Wren buildings in London)
began. Christopher Wren, as surveyor-general of the King's Works, was asked to submit a design. Robert Hooke, then working as an architect for Wren, developed...
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shortly afterward with many significant buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren. By the mid-to-late 17th century, two political factions had emerged...
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Temple Bar, London (category Christopher Wren buildings in London)
gateway building attributed to Christopher Wren, which spanned the roadway at the bar for two centuries. After Wren's gateway was removed in 1878, the...
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Hawksmoor worked alongside the principal architects of the time, Christopher Wren and John Vanbrugh, and contributed to the design of some of the most...
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Christ Church Greyfriars (category Christopher Wren church buildings in London)
Great Fire of London of 1666, it was rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. Except for the tower, the church was largely destroyed by bombing...
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Architecture of London (section Baroque London: The Great Fire and Christopher Wren's Reconstruction (1666–1714))
of Westminster Abbey, the Palladian royal residence Queen's House, Christopher Wren's Baroque masterpiece St Paul's Cathedral, the High Victorian Gothic...
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popularized it in books. One of his best known is this (1905): Sir Christopher Wren Said, "I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing...
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The Wren Library is the library of Trinity College in Cambridge. It was designed by Christopher Wren in 1676 and completed in 1695. The library is a single...
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