Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 5:00pm Eastern

He was a country boy, born in 1632, just as England entered the most turbulent period in its history, who never built anything until he was 30 years old but rose to become a glittering architectural talent. 

It is 300 years since Christopher Wren died, aged 90, leaving hundreds of buildings - including St Paul’s Cathedral, 55 City of London churches, the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford  (where he was known as ’that miracle of a youth’) and magnificently tweaked royal palaces at Kensington, Greenwich and Hampton Court. He was an astronomer and geometrician respected across Europe, a founder member of the Royal Society, tried to redesign London after the Great Fire (fat chance) and ended up with arguably the world’s most modest tombstone. 

He also had a profound influence on American architecture, particularly in the Antebellum South. So join Sophie for an hour’s brick-by-brick (or Portland Stone by Portland Stone) deconstruction of the life of legendary English architect, Sir Christopher Wren.

Virtual Soirée presentation procedure:

Dana and our guide will arrive at the meeting 10 minutes in advance for those of you who would like to say hello and make sure your zoom settings are ready. The presentation will start promptly at the scheduled hour, and Dana will begin the meeting by muting the microphones and introducing our speaker. The talk will be recorded.  The lecture will last about 45 minutes and afterward Dana will moderate a Q&A session. If you show up late, no worries, you will be muted upon entry.

After the tour, you will receive a follow-up email with a recording of the event. You will be able to access this recording for three months.