Christopher Wren
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Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England. Known for his work in the English B
Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren (1711)
Wadham College, Oxford, where Wren was a student in 1650–51
Christopher Wren's home in Hampton, UK. It is located opposite the Hampton Court Palace's main gate.
Wren, portrait c. 1690 by John Closterman
Old Royal Naval College
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The Old Royal Naval College are buildings that serve as the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London on the River Thames. Described by the United Nat
Christopher Wren
…commonly attributed to others in his office, especially Nicholas Hawksmoor. Other notable buildings by Wren include the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and the south front of Hampton Court Palace. Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford, Wren was a founder of…
The Chapel is in Queen Mary Court (left) and the Painted Hall is in King William Court (right). The domes are above the entrances. The Queen's House is in the centre distance.
The Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital as drawn by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson
John Michael Rysbrack's George II (1735) in the Grand Square of the Greenwich Hospital
Badge of the Royal Hospital on the Water Gate of the Royal Naval College