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Who is Sir Christopher Wren?

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Sir Christopher Wren 1632-1723, English architect. A mathematical prodigy, he studied at Oxford. He was professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, from 1657 to 1661, when he became Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford.

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