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Sir Christopher Wren
(20 Oct 1632 - 25 Feb 1723)
English architect, mathematician and astronomer who was the greatest architect of his time, known for building St. Paul's Cathedral and numerous churches after the Great Fire of London. He also took an interest in astronomy.
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Science Quotes by Sir Christopher Wren (5)
Si monumentum requiris circumspice
Reader, if you seek his monument, look about you.
On Wren's tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Reader, if you seek his monument, look about you.
On Wren's tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral.
— Sir Christopher Wren
See also: | Epitaph (13)
A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.
— Sir Christopher Wren
See also: | Planet (40)
Architecture aims at Eternity
— Sir Christopher Wren
See also: | Architecture (10)
Architecture has its political Use; publick 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.
— Sir Christopher Wren
Parentalia
See also: | Architecture (10)
In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.
— Sir Christopher Wren
See also: | Architecture (10)
Quotes by others about Sir Christopher Wren (1)
Sir Christopher Wren
Said, 'I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St. Paul's.'
Said, 'I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St. Paul's.'
Biography for Beginners, 1905
