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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Defining ContributionSt. Paul's Cathedral and the rebuilding of the City churches after 1666 1 Christopher Wren
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Wren's St Paul's Cathedral is the chief monument of English Baroque
Architect of the new St. Paul's and dozens of the rebuilt churches.
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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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Additional Source Christopher Wren (Wikipedia)Christopher Wren, Rebuilding of London
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