• Sir Christopher Wren is one of the best-known British architects, with famous works including St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
  • Such are model Masons; and such was Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN, to a sketch of whose life and labors we now invite the reader's attention.
  • Sir Christopher Wren. In 1669 Charles II appointed Wren Surveyor General of the King's Works. As Surveyor General he supervised all work on the royal palaces.
  • Sir Christopher Wren was the most celebrated English architect of his time, best known for the design of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
  • After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Sir Christopher Wren designed new churches and supervised the reconstruction of some of London's most important buildings.
  • Sir Christopher Wren and St Paul’s Cathedral. But it was the Great Fire of London in 1666 that truly propelled Wren on his career as an architect.
  • A Short Biography of Sir Christopher Wren. Christopher Wren was born on October 20th, 1632 in the village of East Knoyle in Wiltshire.
  • Designed and built (1675–1710) under the supervision of Sir Christopher Wren, it combines Neoclassical, Gothic, and Baroque elements.
  • Sir Christopher Wren was knighted in 1673 and died on February 25th 1723 at the age of 91, he is buried at St Paul’s Cathedral.
  • Many see St. Paul’s Cathedral as Sir Christopher Wren’s great gift to a London grieving following the Great Fire of 1666.