Christopher Wren & Isaac Newton

Did Christopher Wren and Isaac Newton live at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Wren and Isaac Newton lived at the same time for 80 years, from 1643 to 1723.^[1][2][3][4]

Christopher Wren · Isaac Newton · Born in 1632 · Born in 1643

Christopher Wren

1632–1723

Art

Architect of St Paul's Cathedral

Isaac Newton

1643–1727

Science & Invention

Laws of motion and gravity

How Christopher Wren and Isaac Newton Are Connected

• Christopher Wren set the challenge that led to Newton's Principia, offering Halley and Hooke a book worth thirty shillings for a theory linking Kepler's laws to a force law.^[1]

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