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Christopher Wren

1632 - 1723

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Sir Christopher Wren FRS (; 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who was one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England. Known for his work in the English Baroque style, he was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710. The principal creative responsibility for a number of the churches is now more commonly attributed to others in his office, especially Nicholas Hawksmoor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Wren has received more than 1,900,009 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Christopher Wren is the 45th most popular architect (down from 41st in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 360th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Architect.

Christopher Wren is most famous for being the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Christopher Wren ranks 45 out of 424. Before him are Jørn Utzon, Vladimir Tatlin, I. M. Pei, Callicrates, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Rem Koolhaas. After him are François Mansart, Arne Jacobsen, Richard Rogers, Richard Meier, Michelozzo, and Carlo Maderno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1632, Christopher Wren ranks 7. Before him are John Locke, Johannes Vermeer, Baruch Spinoza, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Samuel von Pufendorf. After him are Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Jean Mabillon, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, and Feodosia Morozova. Among people deceased in 1723, Christopher Wren ranks 3. Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. After him are Dimitrie Cantemir, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Godfrey Kneller, Praskovia Saltykova, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Zanabazar, Antonio Maria Valsalva, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Wren ranks 414 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Glover Barkla (1877), William Baffin (1584), Richard Wright (1943), Alan Parker (1944), David Lean (1908), and James Parkinson (1755). After him are Edgar the Peaceful (943), Richard Branson (1950), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Joan Clarke (1917), Robbie Coltrane (1950), and James IV of Scotland (1473).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United Kingdom

Among architects born in United Kingdom, Christopher Wren ranks 2. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935). After him are James Stirling (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), Robert Adam (1728), Joseph Paxton (1803), Michael Ventris (1922), John Nash (1752), Ebenezer Howard (1850), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Augustus Pugin (1812).

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