Who
was He?
Architect.
Date and Place
of Birth:
20th October 1632. Village Rectory, East Knoyle,
Wiltshire, England.
Family Background:
Father was the Reverend Dr Christopher Wren.
Education:
Westminster School, Westminster , London, England.
Wadham College, Oxford, England.
Chronology:
1653-57: Fellow of
All Soul's College, Oxford.
1657: Professor of
Astronomy, Gresham College, London.
1661: Savilian Professor
of Astronomy Oxford.
1672: Birth of his
son Gilbert.
1675: Foundation
Stone laid for St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
1675: Birth of his
son Christopher.
1677: Birth of his
daughter Jane.
1679: Birth of his
son William.
1703: Death of his
daughter Jane .
Marriages:
1.
7th December 1669 to Faith Coghill at Temple Church,
London. (died 1675).
2. 24th February 1677 to Jane Fitzwilliam at Chapel
Royal, Whitehall, (died 1679).
Places of Interest:
LONDON:
St.
Paul's Cathedral.
The Monument. (Commemorating the Great Fire of
London).
Date and Place
of Death:
25th February 1723. St. Jame's Street, London,
England.
Age at Death:
91.
Site of Grave:
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
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