Si Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS ( /rɛn/;[2] 30 Oktubre 1632 - 8 Marso 1723)[3] isa sa pinakatanyag na arkitekto sa kasaysayan ng Ingaltera, pati na rin bilang isang anatomista, astronomo, heometro, at matematiko-pisiko.[3][4] Iginawad sa kaniya ang responsibilidad para sa muling pagtatayo ng 52 simbahan sa Lungsod ng Londres pagkatapos ng Dakilang Sunog noong 1666, kasama ang itinuturing na obra maestra niya, ang Katedral ng San Pablo, sa Burol Ludgate, na natapos noong 1710.[5]

Sir Christopher Wren

Wren sa pinta ni Godfrey Kneller (1711)
3rd President of the Royal Society
Nasa puwesto
1680–1682
Nakaraang sinundanJoseph Williamson
Sinundan niJohn Hoskyns
Pansariling detalye
IpinanganakPadron:OldStyleDateDY
East Knoyle, Wiltshire, Ingaltera
NamatayPadron:OldStyleDateDY
(aged 90)[1]
St James's, Londres, Ingaltera
KabansaanEnglish (later British)
NagtaposWadham College, Oxford
Kilala saDesigner of 54 London churches, including St Paul's Cathedral, as well as many notable secular buildings in London after the Great Fire
Karera sa agham
LaranganArchitecture, physics, astronomy and mathematics
InstitusyonAll Souls' College, Oxford
Academic advisorsWilliam Oughtred

Bibliograpiya baguhin

  • Wren, Christopher; Ames, Joseph; Wren, Stephen (1750). Parentalia, or, Memoirs of the family of the Wrens. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (tulong)

Mga sanggunian baguhin

  1. From the 12th century to 1752, the legal year in England began on 25 March Old Style. Wren died in 1722 O.S. according to the pre-1752 calendar (see Paul Welberry Kent, Allan Chapman, eds., Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance, Gracewing Publishing, 2005, p. 47).
  2. Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd pat.), Longman, p. 908, ISBN 9781405881180
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Sir Christopher Wren | English architect". Encyclopedia Britannica (sa Ingles). Nakuha noong 2018-08-31.
  4. "Wren, Sir Christopher: Biography from Answers.com". answers.com. Nakuha noong 6 September 2009.
  5. "BBC – History – Sir Christopher Wren" (sa Ingles). Nakuha noong 2018-08-31.