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The Man Who Built a City: A Life of Sir Christopher Wren by Rosemary Weir, 1970 UNDER THE DOME OF ST PAUL'S A STORY OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN'S DAYS by EMMA MARSHALL, 1908-01-01 Sir Christopher Wren A. D. 1632-1723. Bicentenary Memorial Volume Published Under the Auspices of the Royal Institute of British Architects. by Various / Unstated, 1923 Sir Christopher Wren Renaissance Architect Philosopher and Scientist Immortals o Work of Sir Christopher Wren Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration November 1900 Volume VI Number 11 by Bates & Guild Co, 1900-01-01 Sir Christopher Wren and the Making of St. Paul's Parentalia: Or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens; Viz. Of Mathew Bishop of Ely, Christopher Dean of Windsor, But Chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, Late Surveyor-General of the Royal Buildings, President of the Royal Society in Which is Contained, ... by Christopher Wren, 1965 Sir Christopher Wren by Harold Hutchison, 1976-01-01 "Tom Tower",: Christ Church, Oxford. Some letters of Sr[i.e.Sir] Christopher Wren to John Fell, Bishop of Oxford, hitherto unpublished, now set forth and ... H.H. Turner, and another by Arthur Cochrane by Christopher Wren, 1923 Sir Christopher Wren (1908) by Lena Milman, 2010-09-10 Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN: The Design of St. Paul's Cathedral. Sir Christopher Wren and His Times by Anonymous, 2010-04-15 Sir Christopher Wren Renaissance Architect Philosopher and Scientist Immortals of History Series by Heywood Gould, 1970 Sir Christopher Wren and the Making of St Paul's.

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101. Gabion: Sir Christopher Wren - Scientist. 1/3
     sir christopher wren scientist. 1 / 2 / 3. Review of “On a Grander Scale the outstanding career of sir christopher wren” by Lisa Jardine, 600 pp, pub.  
     http://www.hughpearman.com/articles3/wren.html
     
     Extractions: (By Hugh Pearman. Review of “On a Grander Scale: the outstanding career of Sir Christopher Wren” by Lisa Jardine, 600 pp, pub. HarperCollins, £25. Review published in The Sunday Times, 1st September 2002, under the title “A restless genius never happy with his work”). Well, you had to find some way to pass the time when you were an impoverished intellectual of staunchly Royalist stock during the closing years of the Commonwealth. Wren designed gadgets, including a duplicating machine, a seed drill, and a transparent beehive. He observed the stars, was a noted mathematician, and practised anatomy. None of this was architecture. Even by the multi-tasking standards of the day, Wren was unusual. Lisa Jardine’s lengthy and immensely detailed account of Wren’s life and times chronicles how a circle of Royalist thinkers, deprived of public office and wealth under Cromwell and with time on their hands, was instrumental in progressing British science at this period. Wren, as a brilliant pupil and academic at Oxford, joined this circle at exactly the right time. In 1660 the monarchy was restored with the accession of Charles II, and the old Royalist supporters swept back into power, carrying Wren with them. As his late father, Dean Christopher Wren, and uncle Matthew were both leading churchmen loyal to the executed Charles I, the young Wren came with impeccable family credentials. He quickly became official architect to the throne. Staying on top of his game through five monarchs into the Hanoverian era was not the least of Wren’s achievements.

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