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Christopher Wren

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English astronomer turned architect, 1632 to 1723, who after the Great Fire of 1666 rebuilt the churches of the City of London, more than fifty of them, and crowned the city with the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, completed in his own lifetime. His epitaph in the cathedral reads, in Latin, if you seek his monument, look around you.

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Birth Year
1632 1
Death Year
1723 1
Nationality
English 1
Defining Contribution
St. Paul's Cathedral and the rebuilding of the City churches after 1666 1
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Architect of the new St. Paul's and dozens of the rebuilt churches.

Christopher Wren designed the new St Paul's Cathedral and dozens of parish churches in the rebuilding that followed the Great Fire.

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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire, Christopher Wren, Rebuilding of LondonView the Source
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