Who is Sir Christopher Reen and what were his desgins?

Question

Opps... sorry about the spelling mistake above, it ment to be christopher wren.

Ben M

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Wren was a Seventeenth Century scientist and architect, famous for his part in the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1666.

Wren was the son of the dean of Windsor, was educated at Westminster School and Wadham College, Oxford. As a boy he was introduced to Prince Charles, later Charles II, who was to employ him as Royal Architect. Wren was elected to All Souls College and became professor of astronomy at Gresham College. He was recognized as an outstanding scientist, even by Newton who was not often given to praise others.

History does not record why Wren turned to architecture. It may be that, due to the paucity of architects available at the time, Wren felt that there was a field in which he could dominate. His first commission was the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford from which he progressed to design the chapels at Emmanuelle College, Cambridge and Pembroke College, Oxford, both in the Renaissance style which had been made fashionable in Italy by Michelangelo but was unknown in England at the time.

Wren’s greatest work was St Paul’s Cathedral, London, ordered to be rebuilt by Charles II after the Great Fire of London. Wren based his design on St Peters in Rome, the work of the great architect Michelangelo. Wren’s design was a combination of the Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque surmounted by an immense dome with a great lantern, based on Brunelleschi’s design for Florence Cathedral. Wren gave London one of its most distinguished buildings but the completed structure bore little relation to the original plan, which had been approved by the conservative clerics of Established Church.

Wren is buried in the crypt in St Paul’s. The inscription on his tomb reads “Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice”: “ If you would see his monument, reader, look around you.”

Much of the funds for the rebuilding of St Paul’s were appropriated from the church of St Peters, Westminster hence the saying “robbing Peter to pay Paul”.

Answer 3

I'm sure you must mean Sir Christopher Wren.

His major works were the new St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, however there are many other buildings that were his, particularly churches in London.

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Answer 4

Christopher Wren was born on 20 October 1632 in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, where his father was rector. His father later moved to Windsor and Wren was educated at Westminster School and then Oxford University. He showed an early talent for mathematics and enjoyed inventing things, including an instrument for writing in the dark and a pneumatic machine. In 1657, Wren was appointed professor of astronomy at Gresham College in London and four years later, professor of astronomy at Oxford. In 1662, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Society, along with other mathematicians, scientists and scholars, many of whom were his friends.

Wren's interest in architecture developed from his study of physics and engineering. In 1664 and 1665 Wren was commissioned to design the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford and a chapel for Pembroke College, Cambridge and from then on, architecture was his main focus. In 1665 Wren visited Paris, where he was strongly influenced by French and Italian baroque.

In 1666, the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the medieval city, providing a huge opportunity for Wren. He produced ambitious plans for rebuilding the whole area but they were rejected, partly because property owners insisted on keeping the sites of their destroyed buildings. However, Wren did design 51 new city churches, as well as the new St Paul's Cathedral. In 1669, he was appointed surveyor of the royal works which effectively gave him control of all government building in the country. He was knighted in 1673.

In 1675, Wren was commissioned to design the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. In 1682, he received another royal commission, to design a hospital in Chelsea for retired soldiers, and in 1696 a hospital for sailors in Greenwich. Other buildings include Trinity College Library in Cambridge (1677 - 1692), and the facade of Hampton Court Palace (1689 - 1694). Wren often worked with the same team of craftsmen, including master plasterer John Groves and wood carver Grinling Gibbons

Wren died on 25 February 1723. His gravestone in St Paul's Cathedral features the Latin inscription which translates as 'If you seek his memorial, look about you.'

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Answer 5

Spell it WREN and look him up. He was an architect.