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Hans Sloane
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Irish botanist, doctor, and collector (1660-1753)
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Hans Sloane was a physician, botanist, ornithologist, and zoologist born in Killyleagh on 16 April 1660. He held the title of baronet and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. Sloane worked in the fields of medicine, physiology, and botany, and was employed by the British Museum. He died in Chelsea on 11 January 1753.
He was a member of the Royal Society, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. His notable works include *Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica*, *Catalogus plantarum quæ in insula Jamaica sponte proveniunt vel vulgò coluntur*, and *The history of science and technology*. His collection items are held at the Natural History Museum, and he is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 16 April 1660
- Died
- 11 January 1753
- Works
- 13
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Isaac Newton
- Succeeded by
- Martin Folkes
- Born
- ( 1660-04-16 ) 16 April 1660, Killyleagh , Ireland
- Died
- 11 January 1753 (1753-01-11) (aged 92), London , England
- Resting place
- Chelsea Old Church
- Known for
- Physician, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Investor, Chelsea Physic Garden , British Museum , Sloane Square , Sloane's drinking chocolate
- Spouse
- Elisabeth Sloane (née Langley)
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1685)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Killyleagh
- Place of death
- Chelsea
- Employer
- British Museum
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- baronet
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- Hans Sloane.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hans Sloane
- date of birth
- 1660-04-10
- date of death
- 1752-01-11
- member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Hans Sloane
- name in native language
- Hans Sloane
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- P6944
- Hans Sloane
- P8168
- JX
- P12749
- Edolo
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753) was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector. He had 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.
Elected to the Royal Society at the age of 24, Sloane travelled to the Caribbean in 1687 and documented his travels and findings with extensive publications years later. Sloane was a renowned medical doctor among the aristocracy, and was elected to the Royal College of Physicians at age 27. Though he is credited with the invention of chocolate milk, it is more likely that he learned the practice of adding milk to drinking chocolate while living and working in Jamaica. Streets and places were later named after him, including Hans Place, Hans Crescent, and Sloane Square in and around Chelsea, London—the area of his final residence—and also Sir Hans Sloane Square in Killyleagh, his birthplace in Ulster.
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