LC control no. | n 80102228 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 |
Birth date | 16321020 |
Death date | 17230225 |
Place of birth | East Knoyle, England |
Place of death | London, England |
Field of activity | Architecture Mathematics Astronomy |
Affiliation | Gresham College Royal Society (Great Britain) St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England) |
Profession or occupation | Architects Mathematicians Astronomers |
Found in | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, 16 July 2013 (Sir Christopher Wren, architect, mathematician, astronomer; born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, 20 October 1632; fluent in latin; BA and MA from Wadham College, Oxford; appointed to chair of astronomy at Gresham College, City of London; president of the Royal Society; appointed surveyor-general of the king's works 1669; architect of St. Paul's Cathedral and about fifty new churches in London; died London, 25 February 1723) |
Associated language | eng lat |