Search Results for "Christopher Wren"
Medals and milestones
history of scienceEloise Barber highlights some notable examples from the Royal Society's collection of medals.
Fellow holidaymakers
history of scienceAinsley Vinall discovers how past Fellows of the Royal Society have spent their summer holidays.
Copycats
history of scienceCenturies before digital cameras, how did early Fellows of the Royal Society approach the tricky problem of reproducing text and images? Katherine Marshall investigates.
Many Wrens
history of science'Parentalia', a manuscript in the archives of the Royal Society, features several members of the illustrious Wren family, as Hirra Ateeq explains.
Busby’s schoolboys
history of scienceHow did Richard Busby, headmaster of Westminster School, influence early Fellows of the Royal Society such as John Locke, Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren? Historian Ray Schrire investigates.
Moving house
history of scienceRupert Baker tells the story of the Royal Society's move in 1710 to a house in Crane Court, just off Fleet Street in the City of London.
Fellow architects
history of scienceJoin Library Manager Rupert Baker on a virtual walking tour, visiting historic buildings near the Royal Society which were designed by our Fellows.
The handles of Saturn
history of scienceRupert Baker tells the story of 'De Corpore Saturni', Christopher Wren's 1658 attempt to explain the shape of the planet Saturn.
Restoration reading
history of scienceFelicity Henderson admires Robert Hooke's 'Micrographia' (1665), praised by Samuel Pepys as 'the most ingenious book that ever I read in my life'.