William Blake was born in Soho, London in 1757. It was in this church, built by Christopher Wren on the 11th of December 1757 that Blake was christened. However, there is controversy surrounding Blake's chhristening, as the appropriate place should've been his home parish, St. Anne's Soho. This is also relevant to Blake's writing as directly across the street was the former home of physicist Isaac Newton, whom Blake scorned for ignoring the spiritual in his philosophy.