Sir Christopher Wren

Sir Christopher Wren is a very influential person and you will see his influence all around England. He was a great architect and once I name the works he has designed you will see how great he really was:

• St Paul's Cathedral, London
• St Clements Dane, London
• Pembroke College's Chapel, Cambridge
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Trinity College Library, Cambridge
• Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge
• Reconstruction of Kensington Palace
• Hampton Court Palace
• St James' Palace

He was born on 20 Oct 1632 and attended Oxford University. He was a mathematician and a scientist and help found the Royal Society (a group that it is very honourable to belong to if you are a scientist). His interest in physics lead to architecture.

After the Great Fire of London in 1666, he had big plans for the rebuild of London but many people would not give up their property. He ended up going onto design 51 churches such as St Paul's and was knighted in 1673.

He died on 25 February 1723 and the inscription on his gravestone at St Paul's reads "If you seek his memorial, look about you."