He declined a royal commission from Charles II to direct the refortification of Tangier on grounds of health.
He declined a royal commission from Charles II to direct the refortification of Tangier on grounds of health. He based his design of the Chelsea Hospital on the Hopital des Invalides in Paris, and, with Sir Jonas Moore, designed the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. He proposed a dome for the building he is most associated with one week before it was burned down in 1666, and later headed its reconstruction that took him 36 years to finish. For 10 points, identify this British architect who rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London.
He declined a royal commission from Charles II to direct the refortification of Tangier on grounds of health.
Sir Christopher Wren