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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”