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Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher James Wren, (20 October 163225
February 1723) was a 17th century English
designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest
English architect of his time. Wren designed 53
London churches, including St Paul's Cathedral,
as well as many secular buildings of note. He was
a founder of the Royal Society (president
168082), and his scientific work was highly
regarded by Sir Isaac Newton and Blaise Pascal.
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Christopher Wren
The Great Fire of London was a major
conflagration that swept through the central
parts of London, UK, from Sunday, 2 September to
Wednesday, 5 September 1666.1 The fire gutted
the medieval City of London inside the old Roman
City Wall. It threatened, but did not reach, the
aristocratic district of Westminster (the modern
West End), Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, and
most of the suburban slums.2 It consumed 13,200
houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral,
and most of the buildings of the City
authorities. It is estimated that it destroyed
the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000
inhabitants
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Christopher Wren
St. Pauls-Original and Final Design
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A Few Other Baroque Buildings
France
Netherlands
Italy
Holy Roman Empire
Spain
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VOCABULARY

• Age of Genius Age of Reason Baroque Enlightenment
  
• Scientific Revolution Copernicus Brahe Kepler
• Galileo Newton Vesalius Harvey
• Van Leeuwenhoek Robert Boyle Francis
  Bacon Descartes
• Academies John Locke Bayle Hume
• Deism Voltaire Candide Philosophes
• Montesquieu Spirit of the Laws Physiocrats Adam
  Smith
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• Salons Madame Geoffrin Franklin Jefferson
• Fontenelle Beccaria on Crimes and Punishments
• Wollstonecraft Vindication of the Rights of
  Women Freemasons