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The Service In St. Paul's Cathedral.
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . Sir Christopher Wren , the architect of St . Paul ' s Cathedral ,
was born at East Knowle , Wiltshire , on the 20 th October , 1032 , his father , Dr . Christopher Wren , being Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Charles the First , while his uncle , Dr . Matthew Wren , was
successively Bishop of Hereford , Norwich , and Ely . Though of delicate constitution in his early childhood , he was a boy of marvellous precocity and is credited
with the invention at the early age of 13 years , of an astronomical instrument , a pneumatic engine , and an instrument of use in gnomonics . At the age of 14 ,
he was entered as a gentleman commoner at Wadham College , Oxford , where he attracted tlie
notice of Dr . Wilkins and Seth Wood , Savilian Professor of Astronomy . He also became the associate ol Hooke and other
scientific men , whose meetings ultimately led to the foundation of the Royal Society . In 1 O 5 ; -, he was elected a Fellow of All Souls ' , and in 1657 , was appointed
Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College , London . Three years later he resigned this appointment on being selected to fill the chair of Savilian Professor at
The Service In St. Paul's Cathedral.
Oxford . He rendered valuable service to the Royal Society , which was founded shortly after the Restoration of the Stuarts , and in 1661 , was appointed by Charles II . assistant to Sir John Denham , the King ' s Surveyor-General of Works , notwithstanding that at the time he had made for himself no reputation in the profession of architecture . In 1663 , he was commissioned to
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survey and report upon St . Paul's Cathedral with a view to the rebuilding of the body of tlie fabric ,
but the scheme met with very serious opposition both from the clergy and the citizens of London , and while these dissensions
were m full swing , Wren was employed upon other works , the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford , and the Library and Neville ' s Court of Trinity College ,
Cambridge , being the chief results of hi . s labours . In i 566 , the Great Fire , which destroyed the greatest part of London , furnished Wren with a field for the
exercise of his genius as an architect , and had the plans that he devised been adopted , there is little doubt that London would have been rebuilt , on a far grander
scale . But he was not allowed a free hand . The rebuilding was subject to no general plan and Wren was fain to content himself with devising plans for individual
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Service In St. Paul's Cathedral.
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN . Sir Christopher Wren , the architect of St . Paul ' s Cathedral ,
was born at East Knowle , Wiltshire , on the 20 th October , 1032 , his father , Dr . Christopher Wren , being Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Charles the First , while his uncle , Dr . Matthew Wren , was
successively Bishop of Hereford , Norwich , and Ely . Though of delicate constitution in his early childhood , he was a boy of marvellous precocity and is credited
with the invention at the early age of 13 years , of an astronomical instrument , a pneumatic engine , and an instrument of use in gnomonics . At the age of 14 ,
he was entered as a gentleman commoner at Wadham College , Oxford , where he attracted tlie
notice of Dr . Wilkins and Seth Wood , Savilian Professor of Astronomy . He also became the associate ol Hooke and other
scientific men , whose meetings ultimately led to the foundation of the Royal Society . In 1 O 5 ; -, he was elected a Fellow of All Souls ' , and in 1657 , was appointed
Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College , London . Three years later he resigned this appointment on being selected to fill the chair of Savilian Professor at
The Service In St. Paul's Cathedral.
Oxford . He rendered valuable service to the Royal Society , which was founded shortly after the Restoration of the Stuarts , and in 1661 , was appointed by Charles II . assistant to Sir John Denham , the King ' s Surveyor-General of Works , notwithstanding that at the time he had made for himself no reputation in the profession of architecture . In 1663 , he was commissioned to
JiiiLiiOX il ON I'M EXT—ST , I'AUL ' CATHEDRAL ,
AHi'llbl-AeON' SIXCl-MU .
survey and report upon St . Paul's Cathedral with a view to the rebuilding of the body of tlie fabric ,
but the scheme met with very serious opposition both from the clergy and the citizens of London , and while these dissensions
were m full swing , Wren was employed upon other works , the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford , and the Library and Neville ' s Court of Trinity College ,
Cambridge , being the chief results of hi . s labours . In i 566 , the Great Fire , which destroyed the greatest part of London , furnished Wren with a field for the
exercise of his genius as an architect , and had the plans that he devised been adopted , there is little doubt that London would have been rebuilt , on a far grander
scale . But he was not allowed a free hand . The rebuilding was subject to no general plan and Wren was fain to content himself with devising plans for individual