Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 (Personal Name)

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)