Cholon
Cholon , district and former city, since 1932 part of Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam; on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai. Cholon is the Chinese section of Ho Chi Minh City; it is connected to the city's left bank by road, rail, and canal waterways. It is an industrial center with many rice mills and factories. Founded c.1780 by Chinese immigrants seeking to escape the civil disorders of Annam, it became a busy trading port long before Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) was developed by the French. It is still largely Chinese, containing a large portion of Vietnam's entire Chinese population, despite the large exodus of ethnic Chinese as boat people following the fall of South Vietnam and the 1979 conflict with China. Heavy fighting during the 1968 Tet offensive in the Vietnam War severely damaged the district.
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Cityscape;The Evolution of St. Paul's Cathedral;Sir Christopher Wren's Designs And the Modern London Debate
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/3/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...budding architectural genius named Christopher Wren submitted plans for a dramatic...decades earlier by Inigo Jones, Wren designed a bold central dome...superbly told in the exhibition, "Sir Christopher Wren and the Legacy of St. Paul...
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Monumental; Sir Christopher Wren.(biography of Sir Christopher Wren)(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...WHAT couldn't he do? Christopher Wren (1632-1723) is rightly...astronomy. As a boy, Wren invented unusual sundials...work of scholars such as Sir John Summerson and Kerry...So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren . By Adrian Tinniswood...
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A looming figure; Architectural biography.(On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/12/2002; 700+ words
; AT THE bicentenary of Sir Christopher Wren's death in 1923, there was a warm rush of sentiment towards...their own. On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren. By Lisa Jardine.
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Drawing conclusions: this catalogue of drawings from Wren's office triumphs in its 'seemingly impossible task'.(The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College Oxford: A Complete Catalogue)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Wren was dismissed from the...later and were bought by Wren's old college, All...collection of drawings from Wren's office. In 1800...collection of drawings from Wrens office ...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Culture: Books: The genius who sought eternity; Ross Reyburn On A Grander Scale - The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren. By Lisa Jardine (HarperCollins, pounds 25). Reviewed by.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...capable of providing the reality in Sir Christopher Wren. Who can calculate the immeasurable value of Wren's masterpiece St Paul's Cathedral...even his friend, the great diarist Sir Samuel Pepys, has nothing of note...
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The architectural drawings of sir Christopher wren at all Souls College, Oxford: a complete catalogue.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1708 when, a few days after Wren's 76th birthday; a small group of friends, led by Wren's son Christopher, deputising for his father...The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren, Anthony Geraghty has assembled...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Marking St Paul's anniversary in wren's Wiltshire birthplace ; In the Wiltshire village where Sir Christopher Wren was born, St Paul's Cathedral's 300th birthday was marked only by extra work for postmistress Janeen Evans.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 11/29/2008; 678 words
; In the Wiltshire village where Sir Christopher Wren was born, St Paul's Cathedral...War II. "We are rather proud of Sir Christopher Wren, and the fact he...who donated the tens of millions. Sir Christopher was born in 1632, the...
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Sly like a fox. ("Sir Christopher Wren and the Making of St Paul's" drawing exhibition, Royal Academy, London)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/6/1991; 700+ words
; ...as recounted at the Royal Academy's new show, "Sir Christopher Wren and the Making of St Paul's", in any era a modern...years of drawings and plans for his masterpiece, Sir Christopher in his portrait bust looks on with an urbane, amused...
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Masters of Old Britannia.(On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren)(Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 10/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren," and "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled...was published in the 1800s. When Wren was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral...require a monument, look about you. Wren and Pepys were born within a year...
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Masters of Old Britannia : Two new biographies explore a golden age of discovery.(On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 10/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren," and "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled...was published in the 1800s. When Wren was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral...require a monument, look about you. Wren and Pepys were born within a year...
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Sir Christopher Wren
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Christopher Wren The English architect Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) interpreted the baroque style in England and dominated English architecture for 50 years. His most important work is St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Christopher...
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Wren, Sir Christopher
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723). Wren was an instinctive mathematician and geometrician, whence...disciplines held any baroque tendencies in check, though Wren's father's high Anglicanism, family links with the court...
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Wren, Christopher (1632–1723)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
WREN, CHRISTOPHER (1632 – 1723) WREN, CHRISTOPHER (1632 – 1723), English architect. Sir Christopher Wren was an English...the quality of those executed by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor...
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Vanbrugh, Sir John
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664–1726) English Baroque architect and dramatist, who worked with and was influenced by Sir Christopher Wren . Vanbrugh took London by storm with his witty Restoration comedies...
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Nicholas Hawksmoor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Ragnall. He entered the service of Sir Christopher Wren at the age of 18 and was closely...architecture. Hawksmoor was employed by Sir John Vanbrugh at Castle Howard...baroque movement are considered in Sir John Summerson, Architecture in...
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