St Mary Aldermary
London
after 1666
St Paul's Cathedral
London
1675 - 1711
Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren was an English mathematician, astronomer and architect who, in particular, rebuilt 52 churches after the Great Fire of London in 1666. Born in 1632 in East Knoyle, he studied at Oxford between 1650 and 1653. He was a founding member of the Royal Society in 1660 and its third president from 1680 to 1682. He died in 1723.