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
English Baroque architecture
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English Baroque is a term used to refer to modes of English architecture that paralleled Baroque architecture in continental Europe between the Great Fire of London and roughly 1720, when the flamboya
Christopher Wren
…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 Baroque style, he was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his…
St Paul's Cathedral by Sir Christopher Wren, 1674–1711
Seaton Delaval Hall by Sir John Vanbrugh, 1718.
Castle Howard by Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, 1701.
James Gibbs' St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, is the prototype of many New England churches.