Hans Sloane
1660 - 1753
- Born
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16 April 1660
Killyleagh or White's Castle, County Down, Ireland, Europe
- Died
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11 January 1753
Chelsea, London, England, Europe
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 21/01/1685
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 24
- Occupation
- Physician
- Relationships
- Parents: Alexander Sloane and Sarah Hicks Married: Elizabeth Rose (née Langley) Children: Mary Sloane; Sarah Stanley (née Sloane); Elizabeth Cadogan (née Sloane); Hans Sloane Additional relatives: son-in-law Charles Cadogan (FRS 1718), step-son-in-law Thomas Isted (FRS 1698); grandson Rose Fuller (FRS 1732); nephew William Sloane (FRS 1722)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'A description of the pimiento or Jamaica pepper tree and of the tree that bears the cortex winteranus' by Hans Sloane
Creator: Hans Sloane Reference number: CLP/10i/28 -
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Paper, 'Examen and observations of a bituminous earth' by Sir Hans Sloane
Creator: Hans Sloane, Cromwell Mortimer Reference number: CLP/11ii/14 -
Translation of a letter, 'Sir Hans Sloane's letter to the Marquis de Caumont, concerning this stone' by Hans Sloane
Creator: Hans Sloane Reference number: CLP/12ii/58 -
Paper, 'Account of the symptoms arising from eating the seeds of henbane, with their cure, and some occasional remarks' by Hans Sloane
Creator: Hans Sloane Reference number: CLP/14ii/43 -
Paper, 'An account of a prodigiously large feather of the bird cuntur, brought from Chili [Chile], and supposed to be a kind of vultur; and of the coffee shrub' by Hans Sloane
Creator: Hans Sloane Reference number: CLP/15i/44
Recipient of
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Letter, regarding arithmetic tables from unknown author to [Hans Sloane]
Reference number: CLP/1/40 -
Paper, 'Proposals about the machine to get good air for respiration and vegetation' by D [Denis] Papin
Creator: Denis Papin Reference number: CLP/3ii/5 -
Letter, regarding an account of a storm at Denbigh in Wales from unknown author to Hans Sloane
Reference number: CLP/4i/52 -
Letter, regarding a theory for calculating certain places of the planets from unknown author to Hans Sloane
Reference number: CLP/8i/53 -
Letter, regarding a theory to improve astronomy from unknown author to Hans Sloane
Reference number: CLP/8i/54 -
Letter, 'Account of boreing for rock salt, at Crowley in Cheshire' from Thomas Brotherton to Hans Sloane
Reference number: CLP/9i/55
Most frequently corresponded with
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
25 letters -
Stephen Gray
17 letters