Sir Hans Sloane

Standard Name: Sloane, Sir Hans

Connections

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Friends, Associates Jane Squire
It is probable that JS was never taken seriously by the public men whom she badgered about her ideas: Admiral Lord Torrington , Sir Thomas Hanmer , Lord Berkeley , Sir John Jennings , Sir Charles Wager
Friends, Associates Mary More
MM 's friends included, in London, a number of scientists or natural philosophers: inventor Robert Hooke (who often visited her, and with whom she discussed dreams), physician and collector Sir Hans Sloane , and scholar...
Occupation Judith Drake
JD , practising medicine, had a complaint lodged against her by an aggrieved patient (for allegedly practising without proper qualifications) with Sir Hans Sloane .
“The British Library Manuscripts Catalogue”. The British Library Website.
4047.38
Textual Features Judith Drake
JD 's letter of self-defence to Sir Hans Sloane , written on 1 September 1723 and sketching the nature and scope of her medical practice, shows a clear head, a blend of professional confidence with...

Timeline

1707: Hans Sloane, later President of the Royal...

Building item

1707

Hans Sloane , later President of the Royal Society , published the first volume of the work generally called Natural History of Jamaica, with its short, casual account of slavery, detailing but defending the...

1722: Sir Hans Sloane leased land at Chelsea from...

Building item

1722

Sir Hans Sloane leased land at Chelsea from the Society of Apothecaries and founded the scientific centre which is still functioning as the Chelsea Physic Garden .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

19 June 1725: Dorothy Stanley, née Milborne, published...

Women writers item

19 June 1725

Dorothy Stanley , née Milborne, published by subscription Sir Philip Sidney 's Arcadia Moderniz'd, in four books (coinciding with the thirteenth edition of the original romance).
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Mitchell, Marea. “Dorothy Stanley’s Enterprise: Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia Moderniz’d (1725)”. Sidney Journal, No. 28, 2010, pp. 63-76.
Mitchell, Marea. “Awakening Other Spirits: Dorothy Stanley’s Arcadia and the Apparatus of Authorship”. Parergon, No. 29, 2012, pp. 113-31.

5 April 1753: The British Parliament paid the daughters...

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5 April 1753

The British Parliament paid the daughters of the late Sir Hans Sloane £20,000 for his scientific collections. This transaction was previously laid out by Sloane's will from 20 July 1749.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
171
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

15 January 1759: The first reading room of the British Museum...

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15 January 1759

The first reading room of the British Museum was opened.
Caygill, Marjorie. The Story of the British Museum. British Museum Publications, 1981.
4, 6
Wilson, David M. The British Museum: Purpose and Politics. British Museum Publications, 1989.
13-14
Barwick, George. The Reading Room of the British Museum. Ernest Benn, 1929.
34

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