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Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect

Name: Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect
Author: Lawrence Weaver

Lawrence Weaver

Read by David Wales · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface (3:18)
Chapter 1: Parentage And Childhood (13:43)
Chapter 2: Oxford Career And Early Inventions (15:27)
Chapter 3: Family Life (16:44)
Chapter 4: Astronomer, Mathematician, And Natural Scientist (26:02)
Chapter 5: Beginnings Of Architecture And Visit To Paris (16:57)
Chapter 6: Town-Planning (7:44)
Chapter 7: St. Paul's Cathedral (28:00)
Chapter 8: The City Churches (23:12)
Chapter 9: Chelsea Hampton Court, And Greenwich (12:36)
Chapter 10: Other Buildings: Public And Domestic (13:19)
Chapter 11: Wren And His Contemporaries: Last Years (19:55)
Chapter 12: The Professional Man (15:43)
Chapter 13: Student And Scholar (20:25)
Chapter 14: 'The Architect Of Adventure' (22:24)