Project Gutenberg
2023-03-23
Public domain in the USA.
218
Weaver, Lawrence
1876
1930
23011677
Sir Christopher Wren : $b Scientist, scholar and architect
Sir Christopher Wren : Scientist, scholar & architect
$aUnited Kingdom :$bOffices of "Country Life", Ltd., $c1923.
David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
"Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect" by Lawrence Weaver is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and contributions of Sir Christopher Wren, renowned for his achievements in architecture, science, and mathematics. Weaver aims to present impressions of Wren's multifaceted life rather than a comprehensive biography, capturing the essence of a man who significantly shaped England's architectural landscape. The opening of the book introduces Wren's background, highlighting his birth into a well-regarded family and detailing his early education. It emphasizes his precociousness and diverse talents, particularly in mathematics and invention, noting that Wren developed significant ideas from a young age. Furthermore, the author discusses the importance of Wren's father as a guiding influence during his vulnerable childhood and sets the stage for Wren's eventual ascent as one of England's most important figures in both science and architecture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
https://archive.org/details/b29930911/page/n7/mode/2up
20200730142237weaver
1923
GB
Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
en
Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723
Architects -- England -- Biography
NA
Text
Category: Biographies
Category: History - British
Category: Science - Physics
Category: Mathematics
Category: Architecture
360936
2025-07-28T04:04:30.805354
text/html
342609
2023-03-23T00:10:34
text/html
3452290
2025-07-28T04:04:40.331344
application/epub+zip
3451809
2025-07-28T04:04:33.553322
application/epub+zip
323141
2025-07-28T04:04:31.863331
application/epub+zip
4191492
2025-07-28T04:04:44.634291
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
3889411
2025-07-28T04:04:39.023321
application/x-mobipocket-ebook
278082
2025-07-28T04:04:29.568345
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
277839
2023-03-23T00:10:34
text/plain; charset=us-ascii
18864
2025-07-28T04:04:44.786268
application/rdf+xml
13336
2025-07-28T04:04:32.253329
image/jpeg
1974
2025-07-28T04:04:32.122329
image/jpeg
107730
2023-03-23T00:10:37
application/octet-stream
application/zip
4025064
2023-03-23T00:10:37
application/octet-stream
application/zip
4683878
2025-07-28T04:04:30.936353
application/octet-stream
application/zip
Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at
https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog
en.wikipedia