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Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Christopher Wren was buried with great ceremony in St. Paul’s Cathedral, the building he famously designed. His tomb is covered by a simply inscribed slab of black marble, and a nearby wall features a famous dedication by his son that translates to, "Reader, if you seek a monument, look about you."1