Historical London

Sir Christopher Wren, famous Architect, was bornLondon, and professor of astronomy at Oxford.)
in Wiltshire in 1632. After the Great Fire ofHe also helped to Found the Royal Society.
London (1666) he prepared an abortive plan forFor anyone interested in history, London is seeped
rebuilding London, but he did in fact, rebuild St.with history, the above only being the tip of the
Pauls, and more then fifty other city churches,iceberg. St Pauls Cathedral is one of the most
including St. Stephen, Walbrook, and St.popular visits for tourists, and a landmark that
Mary-le-Bow.proudly stands out among all the other historical
His other works include Chelsea Hospital, portionsbuilding. All the pictures we see of it, do not do it
of Greenwich Hospital, the Sheldonian Theatre,justice. To visit it, and see it up close for
Oxford and the Queens College Library, Oxford.ourselves is an experience that will not be
He had wide spread scientific interests (He wasforgotton for a long time.
professor of mathematics at Gresham College,