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Astronomer, engineer, physicist, designer and architect
Educated at Westminster and Oxford but never received any formal architectural training but interest grew out of science knowledge (admired by Isaac Newton).
Fellow of All Saint’s College, Oxford (1653) until he became the Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College London in 1657.
Largely responsible for the rebuilding of the London churches after the Great Fire including:
Founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts
Other works include:
Trinity College library, Cambridge
The Royal Observatory
Knighted in 1673
Style – English Baroque