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Christopher Wren

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Christopher Wren

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Also known as Sir Christopher Michael Wren, Christopher Michael Wren, Sir Wren, Sir Christopher Wren, Christopher, Sir Wren

English architect (1632–1723)

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Christopher Wren was a member of the Royal Society, as indicated by his recognition in its collection. He was born on 1632-10-20 and died in 1723, with specific dates recorded as 1723-03-08, 1723-02-25, and 1722-02-26. His work is associated with three entries in the Europeana Sparql database and five in Crossref.

In the music domain, Christopher Wren is identified as a group from the United Kingdom. The artist is categorized under genres including atmospheric sludge metal, metal, noise, post-metal, and sludge metal. This entry has seven listeners and an eighteen playcount.

Wren is referenced by 1,270 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him states, "A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth."

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Wikiquote, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
2013
atmospheric sludge metalmetalnoisepost-metalsludge metal

Discography

Official site

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
18

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

    · 2019 · cited 25,493x

  2. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

    · 2016 · cited 23,614x

  3. A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

    · 2009 · cited 22,566x

  4. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    · 2019 · cited 20,845x

  5. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,612x

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Quotes

  • “Architecture has its political Use; public Buildings being the Ornament of a Country; it establishes a Nation, draws People and Commerce; makes the People love their native Country, which Passion is the Original of all great Actions in a Common-wealth…. Architecture aims at Eternity.”
  • “A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.”

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Christopher Wren, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Schloss

Schloss

Saint Paul's Cathedral

Saint Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral, London

St Paul's Cathedral, London

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Christopher Wren (/rɛn/; 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is 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. Other notable buildings by Wren include the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and the south front of Hampton Court Palace. Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford, Wren was a founder of the Royal Society and served as its president from 1680 to 1682. His scientific work was highly regarded by Isaac Newton and Blaise Pascal.

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