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A Short Biography of Sir Christopher Wren

Author Name:

Sir Christopher Wren

Born As:

Christopher Wren

Other Names:

Born:

20 Oct 1632

Died:

25 Feb 1723




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Architect, scientist and mathematician                          
                          
Mother 
Father Christopher Wren. A previous child of Dr Wren, also named Christopher, was born on 22 November 1631, and had died the same day.

First wife Faith Coghill - two children -
First child Gilbert died at nearly 1-1/2 years of age. 
Second child - Christopher. Faith died in 1675 of small pox.
Second wife Jane Fitzwilliam - two children - 
Jane - Married 1677-1702. A son born 1679, was retarded. Jane died of tuberculosis in 1680. 
Christopher lived to 90 years of age and of those - was married only nine years                          
Designer of 54 churches including St Paul's Cathedral, as well as many secular buildings of note in London after the Great Fire.