. Ein Wörterbuch der Biographie, bestehend aus den bedeutendsten Zeichen aller Altersgruppen, Nationen und Berufe ... rlem, und war ein Schüler von Wynants, aber viel verbessert sich durch eine indefati-Gable Studie der Natur. Groß wie war hisiiierit, er war so )) oorlv patronized als totie immer in engen Umständen; und, vor seinem Tod, befahl er einen Kasten filledwith seine Entwürfe verbrannt werden, dass seine sonmight nicht verlockt werden, so iia- WRE sicher und miseiahle einen Beruf zu umarmen. Hedied in 1G6-S. WRAGG, William, wurde 1714 in SouthCarolina geboren und erhielt seine Ausbildung in England, wo er Jura studierte und Eintritt erhielt

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. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... rlem, and was a pupil of Wynants;but much improved himself by an indefati-gable study of nature. Great as was hisiiierit, he was so ))oorlv patronised as totie always in narrow circumstances; and, before his death, he ordered a box filledwith his designs to be burned, that his sonmight not be allured to embrace so iia- WRE certain and miseiahle a profession. Hedied in 1G6-S. WRAGG, William, was born in SouthCarolina, in 1714, and was educated inEngland, where he studied law and enter-ed upon its practice. Not long afterwardshe returned to his native country, in 1753was made one of the kings council for theprovince, and in 1769 was offered the seatof chief justice, which he declined. Whenthe revolution commenced he maintained aconscientious opposition to the measuresof the colonies, and determined to returnto England. He embarked for thai coun-try and was wrecked in a violent storm onthe coast of Holland, irf September 1777.A monument is erected to ms memory inWestminster Abbey. WYC 521. WREN, Sir Christopheb, a celebratedarchitect and mathematician, son of thedean of Windsor, was born, in 1632, atEast KnoyLe, in Wiltshire, and was edu-cated at Wadham College, Oxford. Hismathematical talents were precociouslymanifested; in his thirteenth year he in-vented an astronomical instrument and apneumatic machine; and at fifteen hewrote a new System of Spherical Trigo-nometry. He was one of the earliest mem-bers 01 the Philosophical Society at Ox-ford, which afterwards ripened into theRoyal Society. In 1657 he was chosenGresham professor of astronomy, and in1661 Savilian professor at Oxford. Duringthis period he made many curious discov-eries in astronomy, natural philosophy, and other sciences. It was in 1663 thathis architectural talents were first calledinto action, when he was commissioned toprepare designs for the restoration of St.Pauls Cathedral. The fire of Lond

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