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Sir Christopher Wren FRS (/ r ɛ n /; [2] 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) [3] [4] was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who was one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England. [4]
Sir Christopher Wren was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. [1] He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710.
Portrait of 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 1711. [1] Wren, a polymath , is best known for his design of St Paul's Cathedral along with multiple other buildings in the English Baroque style.
St Bride's Church is a Church of England church in Fleet Street in the City of London.Likely dedicated to Saint Bridget perhaps as early as the 6th century, the building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire during the London Blitz in 1940 and then was faithfully reconstructed in the 1950s.
Christopher Wren B.D. (17 September 1589 [1] – 29 May 1658) was an Anglican cleric who was Dean of Windsor from 1635 until his death, [2] and the father of the prominent architect Christopher Wren. Family
Christopher Wren was appointed the architect in 1672 and the church was consecrated on 13 July 1684 by Henry Compton, the Bishop of London. In 1685 the parish of St James was created for the church. The church was severely damaged by enemy action in the London Blitz on 14 October 1940. [ 2 ]
Buildings and structures designed in whole or in part by English architect, Sir Christopher Wren, sorted by city. Subcategories.
The Sheldonian Theatre, in the centre of Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, Warden of All Souls College and later chancellor of the University. Sheldon was the project's main financial backer.