Christopher Wren ( 1632 - 1723 )

Birth: East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, Europe (20 October 1632) Death: St James's Street, Piccadilly, London, England, Europe (25 February 1723) Burial: St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, Europe (5 March 1723) Occupation: Architect Research Field: astronomy, anatomy Education: Westminster School; tutored in mathematics by his brother-in-law, William Holder (FRS 1663); Wadham College, Oxford (BA 1651; MA 1653; DCL 1661); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1676) Career: Assistant to Charles Scarburgh (FRS 1663) for his lectures at Surgeons' Hall (1646); Fellow of All Souls, Oxford (1653-1661); stayed in Oxford, engaging in scientific studies and experiments (-1657); Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College, London (1657-1661); Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford (1661-1673); Assistant to Sir John Denham (FRS 1663); Surveyor-General of the King's Works (1661); Surveyor-General for rebuilding St Paul's Cathedral and the city churches after the Great Fire (1666); Surveyor-General of the Royal Works (1669-1719); Commissioner for Assessment for Middlesex (1673-1679), Westminster (1673-1680), Westminster and Berkshire (1689-1690); Surveyor-General for the repairs of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster (1698-1723); MP for Plympton Erle (1685), for New Windsor (1689), and for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1701) Honours: Kt 1673 Membership: Founder Fellow Election Date: 28/11/1660 Council: PRS 1680-1682; VP 1674-1676, 1679; 1682-? Committee appointments include: Committee to consider a proposal on perpetual motion (1664) Committee to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on the earth (1669) Other RSActivity: One of Wren's lectures at Gresham College was followed by the offical foundation of the Royal Society (28 November 1660).