Wren, Christopher, Sir

Born: Oct 20, 1632 AD
Died: 1723 AD, at 90 years of age.

Nationality: English
Categories: Architects

1632 - born on October 20

1663 - designed the Pembroke College Chapel in Cambridge

1664 - did the design for the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

1665 - designed the buildings for Trinity College in Oxford

1666 - great fire struck London so he replanned the city and started off supervising the rebuilding of 51 churches

- made a new design for St. Paul's Cathedral

1670-1710

- since the plan went through a long process he only began working on the St. Paul's Cathedral in 1670

1680-1682

- president of Royal Society

1723 - died after introducing the forms of new age (Renaissance) design to the vocabulary of English architecture

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