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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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 (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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    to as the "Sir Christopher Wren Building" was so named upon its renovation in 1931 to honor the English architect Sir Christopher Wren. The basis for...
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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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    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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    The college named the building in honor of the English architect Sir Christopher Wren, after the Reverend Hugh Jones, a William and Mary mathematics professor...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Justin Christopher Wren (born April 27, 1987) is an American humanitarian worker and a professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the heavyweight...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    footballer Christopher Wilder (1945–1984), American serial killer and rapist Christopher Woodrow (born 1977), American movie producer Christopher Wren (1632–1723)...
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    the palace, but from a stroke. James II ordered various changes by Christopher Wren, including a chapel finished in 1687, rebuilding of the queen's apartments...
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    Kensington Palace (category Christopher Wren buildings in London)
    instructed Sir Christopher Wren, Surveyor of the King's Works, to begin an immediate expansion of the house. In order to save time and money, Wren kept the...
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    consisted of a number of natural philosophers around Robert Boyle, such as Christopher Wren. It has been suggested that other members included prominent figures...
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    West façade of Saint Paul's Cathedral by Christopher Wren (1675–1702) Greenwich Hospital by Sir Christopher Wren (1694) Castle Howard, North Yorkshire by...
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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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