Biography

Sir Christopher Wren

Subtitle: Scientist, scholar and architect

Lawrence Weaver

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SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN PREFACE AUTHORITIES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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APPENDIX II AN ATTEMPT AT A WREN CHRONOLOGY APPENDIX III A NOTE ON SOME PORTRAITS OF WREN INDEX

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1. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN 2. PREFACE 3. AUTHORITIES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4. CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD 5. CHAPTER II OXFORD CAREER AND EARLY INVENTIONS 6. CHAPTER III FAMILY LIFE 7. CHAPTER IV ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN, AND NATURAL SCIENTIST 8. CHAPTER V BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE AND VISIT TO PARIS 9. CHAPTER VI TOWN-PLANNING 10. CHAPTER VII ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL 11. CHAPTER VIII THE CITY CHURCHES 12. CHAPTER IX CHELSEA, HAMPTON COURT, AND GREENWICH 13. CHAPTER X OTHER BUILDINGS: PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC 14. CHAPTER XI WREN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: LAST YEARS 15. CHAPTER XII THE PROFESSIONAL MAN 16. CHAPTER XIII STUDENT AND SCHOLAR 17. CHAPTER XIV “THE ARCHITECT OF ADVENTURE”18. APPENDIX I A NOTE IN AMPLIFICATION OF THE REFERENCE IN CHAPTER IV. TO PASCAL’S PROBLEM 19. APPENDIX II AN ATTEMPT AT A WREN CHRONOLOGY 20. APPENDIX III A NOTE ON SOME PORTRAITS OF WREN 21. INDEX

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