Background
The second son of Matthew Wren, he was baptised on 20 January 1632 at Church of Street Mary the Less, Cambridge.
The second son of Matthew Wren, he was baptised on 20 January 1632 at Church of Street Mary the Less, Cambridge.
On 31 October 1661 he became a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and in 1663 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He held incumbencies at Littlebury, Northwold and Willingham before his appointment as Archdeacon. He was a Canon of Southwell from 1664 to his death.
Royal Society.