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Christopher Wren

Sir Christopher Michael Wren

English architect (1632–1723).

Statements about Christopher Wren

Sex or Gender

Male

Member Of

Royal Society
 (11/28/1660 - )
Start Time
: 11/28/1660

Place of Death

London
Country
:
Kingdom of Great Britain

Date of Birth

10/30/1632

Date of Death

3/8/1723
3/8/1723
2/26/1722
2/25/1723

Instance Of

Human

Educated At

Westminster School
 (1641 - 1646)
Start Time
: 1641
End Time
: 1646
Wadham College
 (1649 - 1651)
Start Time
: 1649
End Time
: 1651
University of Oxford
 (1651 - 1653)
Start Time
: 1651
End Time
: 1653

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Occupation

Architect
Astronomer
Mathematician
Physicist
Anatomist
University Teacher
Politician
Urban Planner

Award Received

Knight Bachelor
 (11/14/1673)
Point in Time
: 11/14/1673

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of England
 ( - 5/1/1707)
End Time
: 5/1/1707
Kingdom of Great Britain
 (5/1/1707 - 2/25/1723)
Start Time
: 5/1/1707
End Time
: 2/25/1723

Place of Birth

East Knoyle
Country
:
Kingdom of England

Employer

All Souls College
 (1653 - 1657)
Start Time
: 1653
End Time
: 1657
Charles Scarborough
 (1646 - 1649)
Start Time
: 1646
End Time
: 1649
Gresham College
 (1657 - 1661)
Start Time
: 1657
End Time
: 1661
University of Oxford
 (1661 - 1673)
Start Time
: 1661
End Time
: 1673

Given Name

Christopher

Notable Work

15 items
St Clement Danes
All-Hallows-the-Great
Marlborough House
St Mary Aldermary
St Paul's Cathedral
Greenwich Hospital
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Hampton Court Palace
Kensington Palace
Old Royal Naval College
Monument to the Great Fire of London
The Theatre Royal
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Presumably
Church of St Andrew, Holborn
St Augustine Watling Street
Pembroke College Chapel

Described by Source

10 items
Nordisk Familjebok
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Рен Кристофер
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Wren, Christopher (1632-1723) (DNB00)
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24373286
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24478500
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24764619
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Wren, Sir Christopher
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Wren, Sir Christopher
Geographicus Rare Antique Maps Biographical Dictionary of Cartographers

Father

Christopher Wren

Residence

Oxford

Position Held

Member of the 1685-87 Parliament
 (1685 - 1687)
Electoral District
:
Plympton Erle
Start Time
: 1685
End Time
: 1687
Member of the 1689-90 Parliament
 (1/11/1689 - 5/14/1689)
Electoral District
:
Windsor
Start Time
: 1/11/1689
End Time
: 5/14/1689
Member of the 1690-95 Parliament
 (3/6/1690 - 5/17/1690)
Electoral District
:
Windsor
Start Time
: 3/6/1690
End Time
: 5/17/1690
Member of the 1701-02 Parliament
 (1701 - 1702)
Electoral District
:
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Start Time
: 1701
End Time
: 1702
President of the Royal Society
 (1680 - 1682)
Series Ordinal
:3
Replaces
:
Joseph Williamson
Replaced By
:
Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet
Start Time
: 1680
End Time
: 1682
Savilian Professor of Astronomy
 (1661 - 1673)
Replaces
:
Seth Ward
Replaced By
:
Edward Bernard
Start Time
: 1661
End Time
: 1673
Surveyor of the Works
 (1669 - 1718)
Replaces
:
John Denham
Replaced By
:
William Benson
Start Time
: 1669
End Time
: 1718

Child

Christopher Wren Jr
Jane Wren
William Wren

Place of Burial

St Paul's Cathedral
Burial Plot Reference
:crypt
Image of Grave
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Coordinate Location
: 51.5138°N 0.0983°W

Religion or Worldview

Christianity

Field of Work

Architecture

Name in Native Language

Christopher Wren

Work Location

London
Oxford
Cambridge

Family Name

Wren

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Has Works in the Collection

National Gallery of Art
Nationalmuseum

Writing Language

English

Depicted By

Sir Christopher Wren
Creator
:
Godfrey Kneller
Location
:
National Portrait Gallery
Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723)
Creator
:
Godfrey Kneller
Location
:
Weymouth Museum
Sir Christopher Wren
Location
:
All Souls College

Spouse

Faith Coghill
 (1669 - 1675)
End Cause
:
Death
Start Time
: 1669
End Time
: 1675
Jane FitzWilliam
 (1677 - 1679)
End Cause
:
Death
Start Time
: 1677
End Time
: 1679

Ethnic Group

English People
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Relative

Matthew Wren
Kinship to Subject
:
Uncle
Matthew Wren
Kinship to Subject
:
Cousin

Described at URL

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Student

Robert Hooke

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