Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Christopher Wren across 7 places, from 1635 to 1723.
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Sir Christopher Wren (–) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Christopher Wren was documented, and when
March 1635month
Windsor, Berkshireattested“After his father's royal appointment as Dean of Windsor in March 1635, his family spent part of each year there, but little is known about Wren's life at Windsor.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
25 June 1650exact date
Wadham College, Oxfordattested“On 25 June 1650, Wren entered Wadham College, Oxford, where he studied Latin and the works of Aristotle.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1657year
Gresham Collegeattested“His days as a fellow of All Souls ended when Wren was appointed Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, in 1657.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1661 to 1669period
Oxfordattested“In 1661, Wren was elected Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, and in 1669 he was appointed Surveyor of Works to Charles II.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1665year
Parisattested“Making a trip to Paris in 1665, Wren studied architecture, which had reached a climax of creativity, and perused the drawings of Bernini, the great Italian sculptor and architect, who himself was visiting Paris at the time.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1685year
Whitehallattested“When Wren promised that it would be complete within a year the King, who was conscious of his mortality, replied that " a year is a great time in my life".After the death of Charles II in 1685, Wren's attention was directed mainly to Whi…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
25 February 1723exact date
Londonattested“On one of these trips to London, at the age of ninety, he caught a cold and on 25 February 1723 a servant who tried to awaken Wren from his nap found that he had died in his sleep.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
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1641 to 1650period
Westminster Schoolmentioned“The story that he was at Westminster School between 1641 and 1646 is substantiated only by Parentalia, the biography compiled by his son, a fourth Christopher, which places him there "for some short time" before going up to Oxford (in 16…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1641 to 1650period
Oxfordmentioned“The story that he was at Westminster School between 1641 and 1646 is substantiated only by Parentalia, the biography compiled by his son, a fourth Christopher, which places him there "for some short time" before going up to Oxford (in 16…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1641 to 1650period
Westminstermentioned“The story that he was at Westminster School between 1641 and 1646 is substantiated only by Parentalia, the biography compiled by his son, a fourth Christopher, which places him there "for some short time" before going up to Oxford (in 16…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1653year
Oxfordmentioned“in 1653, Wren was elected a fellow of All Souls' College in the same year and began an active period of research and experiment in Oxford.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1661 to 1668period
Londonmentioned“From 1661 until 1668 Wren's life was based in Oxford, although his attendance at meetings of the Royal Society meant that he had to make periodic trips to London.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1661year
Tangiermentioned“In 1661, just months after taking his post at Oxford, Wren was invited by Charles II to oversee the construction of new harbour defences at Tangier—then-newly under British control.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1661year
Old St Paul's Cathedralmentioned“Letters dated to the end of 1661 note that in addition to the Tangier project, Charles II had also sought Wren for consultation regarding repairs to Old St Paul's Cathedral, the reconstruction of which would ultimately be the architect's…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1666year
Londonmentioned“In London, it was Wren and Hooke who collaborated as chief architect and city surveyor after the city was devastated by the Great Fire of 1666.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1669year
Trinity College, Oxfordmentioned“Adrian Tinniswood credits the building's flaws to "Sheldon's refusal to pay for an elaborate exterior, Wren's inability to find an adequate external expression for a building which was wholly conditioned by the functionality of its inter…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
1671 to 1676period
Trinity College, Cambridgementioned“Among many of his notable designs at this time, the monument (1671–76) commemorating the Great Fire also involved Robert Hooke, but Wren was in control of the final design, the Royal Observatory (1675–76), and the Wren Library at Trinity…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Wren
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