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Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet FRS (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Museum, the British Library, and the Natural History Museum, London.
Learn about the life, legacy and collection of Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), a physician who travelled to Jamaica, collected objects from around the world and bequeathed them to the nation. Explore his natural history, antiquities, coins, books and more in the British Museum and other institutions.
Learn about the life and legacy of Hans Sloane, a seventeenth-century doctor and naturalist who amassed a vast collection of plants, animals and artefacts. Explore his travels to Jamaica, his publications, his role in the Royal Society and his links to slavery.
Apr 12, 2024 · Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet (born April 16, 1660, Killyleagh, County Down, Ire.—died Jan. 11, 1753, London, Eng.) was a British physician and naturalist whose collection of books, manuscripts, and curiosities formed the basis for the British Museum in London.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 12, 2024 · Learn about Hans Sloane, an English naturalist, physician, and collector, who died on Jan. 11, 1753. See his engravings of plants, animals, and ethnographic objects from his voyages to the Caribbean and Mexico.
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Sir Hans Sloane Bt was, in the last millennium, one of the British Isles' most influential figures in medicine and the natural sciences. He was the man after whom London streets were named - Sloane Street, Sloane Square and Hans Street.
Learn about Sir Hans Sloane, one of the most influential men of early eighteenth-century London and the founder of the British Museum. Explore his personal copy of Historia plantarum, his Voyage to the Islands, and his handwritten accession registers.
