C. W. ; Christophorus Wren / Sir Christopher Wren ;
Christopher Wren jr. 1675-1747
1632 in East-Knoyle in Wiltshire, UK
1723
London, UK
Christopher Wren sen. 1589-1658, clergyman of the Church of England
early education in the classics, astronomy & physiology; Wadham College, Oxford (B.A., 1653 M.A), Fellow of All Souls College at Oxford
United Kingdom
plates w. microscopic motifs in ->Robert Hooke (1635-1703): Micrographia (London 1666); anatomical plates for Thomas Willis: Anatomy of the Brain (1664) & Cerebri Anatome (1666)
Royal Society (founding member); City of London (rebuilding London after the great fire of 1666), since 1668 as Royal Architect; King Charles II
->Robert Hooke, curator of Royal Society; brain anatomist Thomas Willis (1621-1675)
microscopical and anatomical drawing and copperplate engraving ; first 3D lunar model 1661 (not preserved but depicted in a painting) ;
AKL; Grünthal 1957: 102-5; 122-3; Clarke & Dewhurst 1972: 71-2; Schoonover 2010: 36-7; L. Weaver: C.W., Scientist, Scholar & Architect,N.Y.1928; Lisa Jardine:On a Grander Scale, London 2004; M.Power: Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts 1945: 37-44; Lapage 1961: 23f; Putscher 1972:54f. ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 # 1992 ; Lisa Jardine: Ingenieous Pursuits. Building the Scientific Revolution (London 1999): 100f.;D.Cavalcanti et al: Anatomy, technology, art & culture, Neurosurgical Focus 27,3 (2009), 16f.; Neri 2011: 110-35 ;
famous as one of Britain's most distinguished mathematicians & architects (design of St. Paul's Cathedral in London), Prof. at Gresham College, London & Oxford 1661-73;
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