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British Broadcasting Corporation Home. He showed an early talent for mathematics and enjoyed inventing things, including an instrument for writing in the dark and a pneumatic machine. In , Wren was appointed professor of astronomy at Gresham College in London and four years later, professor of astronomy at Oxford. In , he was one of the founding members of the Royal Society, along with other mathematicians, scientists and scholars, many of whom were his friends.

Immediately after the Great Fire, Christopher Wren sought to persuade King Charles II to rebuild London according to the best principles of baroque.

Wren's interest in architecture developed from his study of physics and engineering. In and , Wren was commissioned to design the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford and a chapel for Pembroke College, Cambridge and from then on, architecture was his main focus. In , Wren visited Paris, where he was strongly influenced by French and Italian baroque styles.

In , the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the medieval city, providing a huge opportunity for Wren. He produced ambitious plans for rebuilding the whole area but they were rejected, partly because property owners insisted on keeping the sites of their destroyed buildings. Wren did design 51 new city churches, as well as the new St Paul's Cathedral.

In , he was appointed surveyor of the royal works which effectively gave him control of all government building in the country.

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He was knighted in In , Wren was commissioned to design the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. In , he received another royal commission, to design a hospital in Chelsea for retired soldiers, and in a hospital for sailors in Greenwich. Wren often worked with the same team of craftsmen, including master plasterer John Groves and wood carver Grinling Gibbons.

Wren died on 25 February