References for Christopher Wren

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  1. J F Scott, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sir_Christopher_Wren.aspx
  2. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9077544/Sir-Christopher-Wren

Books:

  1. J A Bennett, The mathematical science of Christopher Wren (Cambridge-New York, 1982).
  2. H Hartley (ed.), The Royal Society : Its Origins and Founders (London, 1960).
  3. J Lindsey, Wren, His Work and Times (London, 1951).
  4. B Little, Sir Christopher Wren : a Historical Biography (London, 1975).
  5. J N Summerson, Sir Christopher Wren (1965).
  6. L Weaver, Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar, and Architect (London, 1923).
  7. M Whinney, Wren (1971).

Articles:

  1. J A Bennett, Hooke and Wren and the system of the world : some points towards an historical account, British J. Hist. Sci. 8 (1975), 32-61.
  2. J A Bennett, Christopher Wren : astronomy, architecture, and the mathematical sciences, J. Hist. Astronom. 6 (3) (1975), 149-184.
  3. G L Huxley, The geometrical work of Christopher Wren, Scripta Math. 25 (1960), 201-208.
  4. A J Pacey, Christopher Wren, 1632-1723, in Late seventeenth century scientists (Oxford, 1969), 72-106.
  5. J Summerson, Sir Christopher Wren, P.R.S., Notes and Records Royal Society of London 15 (1960-61), 99-105.
  6. A Van Helden, Christopher Wren's 'De corpore Saturni', Notes and Records Roy. Soc. London 23 (1968), 213-229.
  7. D T Whiteside, Wren the Mathematician, Notes and Records Royal Society of London 15 (1960-61), 107-111.

JOC/EFR February 2002

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